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Essential Talks

Nov 19, 2020

Season finale. So far, we’ve talked about COVID-19 as well as stigmas revolving menstruation, incontinence and hand hygiene. In the final episode of the season, we dive into the world of toilets. Finding an accessible and clean bathroom can be a challenge. And even if we find one, it is not something we usually are...


Oct 13, 2020

Hand hygiene has been on everyone’s mind this year and we are more than ever aware of our hands. In fact, 68% of us have changed the way we wash our hands due to the spread of COVID-19. In this episode, we travel back to Vienna in 1847 to get acquainted with obstetrician Ignaz Semmelweis – known as the father of...


Aug 12, 2020

Did you know that over 400 million people are affected by incontinence? Probably not, since we don’t speak about it. But if those people would be the citizens of a country, it would be the third most populated country in the world – far bigger than the U.S. This needs to change. It’s time to start speaking...


Jul 11, 2020

Every day around 800 million women across the world are on their period. Still, menstruation is one of the biggest taboos when it comes to health and hygiene. For example, girls and women are refraining from going to school and work because of matters connected to their menstruation. How do we break this barrier?


Jun 17, 2020

It’s 2015. Bill Gates stands in front of an audience saying “There’s no need to panic. We don’t have to hoard cans and spaghetti or go down to the basement. But we need to get going because time is not on our side. If we start now, we can be ready for the next epidemic.” It’s 2020. The next epidemic is...