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When malaria policy gets personal

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Eliminating malaria requires many moving parts to work together. (Flickr: Tom)

To say that malaria elimination is close to home for Varunika Ruwanpura is an understatement.

Her mum literally gave birth to her while sick with malaria.

Varunika is now lending a hand in the fight for elimination.

She's chosen to focus on health policy – it might sound a little unsexy at first, but as she explains, it's a powerful tool many of us don't think about enough.

Guest: 

Varunika Ruwanpura
PhD candidate at the Menzies School of Health Research

Host:

Tegan Taylor

Producer: 

Tegan Taylor, Belinda Smith

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