Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge.
From vaccines to antibiotics, clean water to nutrition, bio-terror threats to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the six-part seriesRx for Survival: A Global Health Challengetells the compelling stories of global health challenges and successes. Employing both historical dramatic sequences and poignant current...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
PBS,
2006.
Kanopy Streaming, 2016. |
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| Summary: | From vaccines to antibiotics, clean water to nutrition, bio-terror threats to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the six-part seriesRx for Survival: A Global Health Challengetells the compelling stories of global health challenges and successes. Employing both historical dramatic sequences and poignant current documentary stories, the series showcases key milestones in public health history, such as the eradication of smallpox, alongside modern and future challenges, including SARS, a potential global flu pandemic and recovery from the Asian tsunami catastrophe.. Brad Pitt narrates, and experts including Jeffrey Sachs, the Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University; author Laurie Garrett; Harvey Fineberg, President of the National Academies of Sciences Institute of Medicine; Nils Daulaire, President of the Global Health Council; and Donald Hopkins, the Associate Executive Director of the Carter Center, will guide viewers through the ins and outs of this complex but fascinating story.. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. Film collection Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (330 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time: | 05:29:28 |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |