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Medical issues from Africa

First broadcast in 1998. Looking at medical issues in Africa

• 13 mins

Putting Smokers Into A Trance

Hypnotherapy to help stop smoking in just one hour and swimming lessons in Africa

• 14 mins

A Tribute To Florence Nightingale

A tribute to Florence Nightingale, pioneering nurse who was born in 1820 and died in 1910

• 13 mins

Africa's 拢5 Million Health Investment

The creation of an Africa centre and improving awareness of gonorrhea

• 13 mins

Money And Health

So many health matters are related to money, a look at money and health

• 27 mins

Solar-Powered Hearing

Solar-powered hearing aids, a poisons expert in Zimbabwe and free Nigerian medicine

• 13 mins

Sleeping Sickness In Angola

A report on the sleeping sickness outbreak in Angola and typhoid in Tajikistan

• 13 mins

The Unspeakables - Health Matters With A Stigma

Leprosy, mental health and psoriasis are all health matters with a stigma attached to them

• 14 mins

The Jose Carreras Leukaemia Foundation

How Jose Carreras conquered leukaemia and now helps others to do the same

• 13 mins

How Kenya's Children Are Going Through a Health Phase

Teaching personal hygiene to children in Kenya and the disabled find work at Hope Nursery

• 13 mins

Eastern Europe - Healthcare In Transition

A report on developments in Eastern European healthcare following the Soviet break up

• 13 mins

Malaria - Misconceptions And Myths

Malaria, a report on music, myths and misconceptions

• 15 mins

How Rehydration Salts Are Saving Lives

Oral hydration solutions and living with incontinence

• 13 mins

Using Older Drugs To Treat Malaria

Using older drugs to treat malaria, cutting abortion deaths and a vaccine for typhus

• 13 mins

The Work Of Mobility India

A programme about getting people moving, focusing on organisations in India

• 13 mins

Traditional Medicine In A Modern World

Putting herbal remedies to the test and a report on a spiritual healing ceremony

• 13 mins

Traditional Medicine - AIDS in Uganda

AIDS in Uganda; the role of herbal remedies and traditional healers

• 13 mins

Helping African Men Talk About AIDS

A report on a conference on sexual health for African men, and hearing loss in Ghana

• 13 mins

Treating The Victims of Poisoned Mustard Oil Epidemic

Contaminated mustard oil, a wacky way of fighting malaria, and controlling diabetes

• 13 mins

Global Floods - The Real Impact On Health

A report on the unfolding catastrophes in Bangladesh, China and India after massive floods

• 12 mins

Asia - Talking About Alzheimer's Disease

The first Asian Alzheimer's conference and the Hope For Life project in Ghana

• 13 mins

World Mental Health Day

Mental Health Day, drug-resistant meningitis and new technology helping deliver babies

• 13 mins

Global Health Priorities - Health Rationing

How governments set health priorities and America's Amish community builds its own clinic

• 13 mins

South Africa's Health Train

South Africa's health train, tackling TB in the UK, and pain that has no obvious cause

• 13 mins

How Climate Change Could Threaten The World's Health

A UN meeting in Buenos Aires on climate change and health, and blind dancers in Bangalore

• 13 mins

Tobacco - Stopping Young People From Taking Up The Habit

A report on the global challenge to prevent young people from taking up smoking

• 13 mins

Preventing Blindness

A report on the preventable causes of blindness, and the healing powers of water

• 13 mins

China's Smoking Epidemic

The programme reports on tobacco related deaths and a new treatment for vitiligo

• 13 mins

HIV Treatment And Education

A report on the availability of HIV and AIDS drugs and education in developing countries

• 13 mins

Alcohol Abuse In Russia

First broadcast in 1998. The impact of binge drinking in Russia

• 13 mins