About this episode

Dr. Atul Gawande discusses the impact of USAID cuts on vulnerable populations and reflects on Covid and end of life care.

Dr. Atul Gawande reports on what cuts to USAID are doing to the world’s most vulnerable, as well as how that is coming home. Also a look back at Covid and reflections on end of life care.

Topics covered

• USAID cuts
• vulnerable populations
• Covid
• end of life care

Keywords

• healthcare
• MAGA
• public health
• policy

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