A Living Health Series: The Stories Behind the Story

History is full of people who made a single decision that changed everything, and most of their names never made it into the record. Pulse Heroes brings those stories to life. Each film follows a named hero through a real moment of pressure, risk, and consequence, showing what it actually looked like to choose care when it would have been easier not to.

Every era has had someone who refused to look away. Pulse Heroes brings their stories back to life: real people, real history, real courage under pressure. One thread runs through all of them: Care is Everything.
The Pulse Heroes

The woman who stood between a global outbreak

Dr Stella Adadevoh (2014)
The Pulse Heroes

The doctor who destroyed a plague with a map

Dr. John Snow (1854)
The Pulse Heroes

The women who chose to stay

The Midwives of Kano (1990s–2000s)
The Pulse Heroes

The minister who built Nigeria's primary healthcare system

Prof. Olikoye Ransome-Kuti (1985)
The Pulse Heroes

The leaders who reversed vaccine resistance

Religious Leaders of Northern Nigeria (2003)