---
title: 'Episode 67: Dr Zul Premji - The Malaria Memoirs, My Life Journey as a Public Health Doctor in Tanzania'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-67-dr-zul-premji-the-malaria-memoirs-my-life-journey-as-a-public-health-doctor-in-tanzania'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2021-07-05'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/u9nbch/Dr_Zul_Premji_-_7_4_21_831_PMacf7g.mp3'
---

# Episode 67: Dr Zul Premji - The Malaria Memoirs, My Life Journey as a Public Health Doctor in Tanzania

Today my guest is Pathologist and Parasitologist Dr Zul Premji What we discuss with Dr Premji: His early years and education in Tanzania His personal experience with malaria and how that helped to inspire his interest in parasitology Studying at the Lond...

## Summary

Today my guest is Pathologist and Parasitologist Dr Zul Premji

What we discuss with Dr Premji:

- His early years and education in Tanzania

- His personal experience with malaria and how that helped to inspire his interest in parasitology

- Studying at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and at the Karolinska Institute

- The relationship between malaria and poverty

- Public health challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa

- The influence of politics on the fight against malaria

- Some of Dr Premji's mentors throughout his career

Links for this episode:

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[The ConfLab from LabVine](https://www.labvinelearning.com/TheConflab)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

The Malaria Memoirs on [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Poverty-Professor-Memoir-Malaria-Doctor/dp/1774150352/ref=sr_1_3?crid=TOLVZVDC3MHQ&dchild=1&keywords=malaria+memoirs&qid=1625450500&sprefix=the+malaria+men%2Caps%2C163&sr=8-3)

[The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine](https://www.lshtm.ac.uk)

[Karolinska Institute](https://ki.se/en)

People of Pathology Podcast:

[Website](https://peopleofpathology.com/)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/peopleofpath)