31/08/2013 GMT
Health Check marks the 10th anniversary of the SARS epidemic which spread around the world from China - as scientists work to unlock the genetic code of a new respiratory virus.
The 麻豆社's monthly Health Check with Claudia Hammond and Ayan Panja, focuses on the big global health stories that cross borders and impact on people锟絪 lives around the world. Ten years on since the deadly SARS virus caught the world off guard, Kevin Fong travels to Hong Kong to discover its long-term effect on the region. Meanwhile Claudia finds out how a global network of scientists and doctors are trying to track down and stamp out the next big pandemic before it takes hold. Celeste Hicks meets a Canadian psychologist who's using Skype to deliver therapy to patients living thousands of miles away in Chad.
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