Hope Is A Verb A Shot At History, Part 2 - The Chain
Rolling out a new vaccine across an entire continent takes an extraordinary chain of people - from the scientists in the labs, to delivery truck drivers and healthcare workers on motorbikes who stop at nothing to get this vaccine into far-flung villages. In this episode, we’ll show you what it takes to navigate the last mile challenges of transporting a cold-chain vaccine across the hottest continent on earth and the surprising heroes who are stepping up to champion the world’s first malaria vaccine.
Here’s who you’ll meet:
Angus Hervey: Founder of Fix The News
Teresa Chirwa-Ndanga: Journalist & human rights activist, Malawi
Zacharia Kafuko: Director of 1Day Africa
Amanda Clemens: Social Mobilisation Coordinator, Ministry of Health, Sierra Leone
Kombra Network, Sierra Leone: Sallamatu Barrie – School Health club Champion, Reverend Christina Sutton and Dr Ramadan Jalloh.
Special music credit: "Wok Dae Ya" by Speedo'o
A Shot At History is produced by Fix The News. SeriesProducer, Amy Davoren-Rose, Fix The News. Associate Producer & Audio Director, Anthony Badolato, Hear That?Producers for Sierra Leone, Marcus Costello and Jodie Bennet.
For more information about this production, email amy@fixthenews.com