The infectious disease detective or how to keep infectious diseases at bay

Having been so occupied with Covid, it’s easy to forget that there are many other infectious diseases lurking out there. A lot of countries still have to deal with cholera, typhoid fever and many others. How do you make sure such diseases don’t become an epidemic and kill thousands of people? This episode’s guest is a researcher and works exactly on that. She focuses on countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South-east Asia to improve the lives of the local people.

Boiling Point host Cat chats with Dr Andrea Haselbeck. Andrea trained as a veterinarian in Berlin Germany. After a few years of treating cats and dogs, she wanted more. She switched to research and to improving public health. Working for a research institute in South Korea, she strives to investigate the consequences of infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia and how to prevent them. Cat chatted to her in her home in Bali, Indonesia.