Global Health with Greg Martin
How to get Global Health Field Experience - getting ready for your career in public health
In this video I talk about firstly, what field experience is, secondly, ensuring that you and the communities that you work with are safe, and finally, how to find the right field experience for you.
Professor Dave Explains
Mononucleosis (Epstein-Barr Virus)
We've all heard of mono. It's the kissing disease! But this term is a little minimizing and outdated. The disease is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus, and there are lot more details regarding transmission and disease than can be...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Global Health and Human Rights
This is episode three in a series on Global Health Ethics. In this episode, Dr Greg Martin looks at the idea of human rights and tried to provide a simple definition. He also identifies rights that have implications for global health.
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New cases show novel coronavirus could spread via sewage pipes
A Hong Kong woman fell victim to the new coronavirus after a man residing 10 floors directly above her unit became sick.
Global Health with Greg Martin
Age standardised mortality rate
Direct age standardization and indirect age standardization are two methods for comparing the mortality rates of two populations. This is sometimes called the age adjusted mortality rate. These are methods used in public health and...
Global Health with Greg Martin
How to get an internship at the World Health Organization
If you are interesting in working in public health then you'll enjoy this video. I did an internship at the World Health Organization and discovered public health and global health. It was extremely good for my professional development....
Global Health with Greg Martin
Contact Tracing as a Public Health tool to end lockdown during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic
This video explains how contact tracing can be used to life movement restrictions and end lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments around the world have countries in lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak. To ease these...
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A Cage and Freezing Water: One Woman’s Journey Through Depression
Students can read about the causes of depression and the therapies for its treatment. But what’s it actually like to suffer from depression? This short film looks at one woman’s experience of depression: the fatigue, the feeling of being...
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The Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, host Joshua investigates the timeline for vaccine development and whether there is any hope of eradicating the virus. Pandemic part 1/7
Global Health with Greg Martin
Qualitative research methods
This video provides an introduction to qualitative research methods. It includes teaching on ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory and case studies. It also goes into data collection including interviews, focus groups,...
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Understanding Lockdown Measures and Their Effectiveness in Controlling COVID-19
This video discusses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on global sporting events and the effectiveness of lockdown measures in controlling infection rates. It explores different strategies adopted by countries and highlights the...
Curated Video
Understanding the Chain of Infection: How Germs Spread and Infect
In this video, the concept of the chain of infection is explained, highlighting how germs spread from various sources to infect new hosts. It explores the different modes of transmission, including person-to-person contact, indirect...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Global Health videos in 2014
In this video, Dr Greg Martin talks about what to expect from the Global Health YouTube channel in 2014: more videos about how to get a job in Global Health, how to fund raise, teaching videos on epidemiology, health economics,...
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Practicing Safe Distancing: Understanding the Importance of the 1 Meter Rule
In this video, the host investigates how well people are following the safe distance rules in Singapore and wonders how we decide what a safe distance is. Pandemic part 4/7
Physics Girl
"Of course it's scary." - Candid Interview with COVID-19 ER Nurse and Epidemiologist
Dianna from Physics Girl interviews an ER Nurse Practitioner and an Epidemiologist about their experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Understanding the Predicted End of the Pandemic
Can the end of the COVID-19 pandemic be predicted? A data scientist shares his findings and explains how we should interpret them. Pandemic part 7/7
Curated Video
Vaccines: How They Work and Protect Us
Vaccines contain weakened or inactive copies of diseases. When injected, they stimulate the immune system to develop immunity against those diseases, protecting individuals from future infections. Vaccines have greatly reduced the...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Linear Regression - made easy
Simple linear regression models don't need to be scary. This video will take you through the basics of how to interpret linear regression results. If you are learning regression modelling or just learning statistics and quantitative...
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How Far Do Moisture Droplets Spread When Singing?
In this video, the speaker demonstrates the potential danger of singing and talking in spreading COVID-19. Pandemic part 6/7
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Flattening the COVID-19 Curve in Singapore
This video explains the concept of the SED curve, also known as an epidemic curve, and why it is important to flatten it. The video also mentions the impact of COVID-19 on Singapore's economy and the cautious approach being taken in...
Global Health with Greg Martin
How to create online video teaching content
In the age of COVID-19 teaching needs to be increasingly done online using video teaching content. Whether its for an MPH class teaching public health, or its a university lecture using a blended teaching methodology, there are some...
Global Health with Greg Martin
HIV - an exceptional epidemic? An interview with Prof Alan Whiteside
Is the HIV / AIDS epidemic exceptional? Should the global health response be differentiated from mainstream health interventions? Dr Greg Martin interview Prof Alan Whiteside who talks about a paper that he published in Globalization and...
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Putting Safe Distance Measures to the Sneeze Test
In this video, the host designs an experiment to test how far sneeze droplets travel and how safe the various designated safe distances really are. Hint: not as safe as you might expect! Pandemic part 5/7
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What is Herd Immunity? Does it Relate to COVID-19?
n this video, we will discuss the basic idea of herd immunity and what it means. Then, we will discuss the basic idea of a pathogen's basic reproduction number (R0) and how to predict the number of individuals who require immunization to...