Hey, friends, Abdul here.

Today, we're coming to your feeds with something a little different.

It's an episode of a great podcast. We know you'll love.

It's called Our Big Shot hosted by Friend of the Pod, Dr. Seema Yasmin.

The show takes a deep dive into the worldwide effort of immunization, featuring accessible stories you won't want to miss.

Dr. Yasmin, disease detective turned journalist, unravels the history of our struggle against

disease and what that means for the future and how we continue with the goal of eradicating

it. The podcast series doesn't shy away from examining the many issues around immunization development

for both history and the present day, and uses both to ask questions about what we want for

the future of science, social media, and ourselves.

So without much ado, I'll leave you to it.

Remember, if you like what you hear, be sure to search for and subscribe to Our Big Shot Wiping Out Disease on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.

Celebrity endorsements are kind of a cliche when it comes to health campaigns.

But here's the thing. They work.

These are the sounds of the reigning queen of Afrobeats, Nigerian pop sensation Tiwa Savage. Here she's performing

at the 2023 coronation of the new British monarch, King Charles. And Charles is looking

kind of impressed. But not only is Tiwa a superstar, she's also a health campaigner.

In Nigeria, where she's from, she's been advocating for the polio vaccine as part of the government's campaign to get rid of wild poliovirus,

something they managed to do in 2020.

Wild polio virus now remains in only two countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Back in 2017, three years before Nigeria was declared free of wild polio virus, Tiva was an ambassador for the International Rotary Club, a global organization that works with governments to help them get rid of polio in their countries.

Nigeria succeeded in wiping out wild poliovirus in no small part because of Tiwa and other high-profileans.

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