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Pbs Learning Media: Polio Outbreak in Syria

9th - 10th
From a news story in 2013, ten cases of polio have been confirmed in Syria- the first appearance of the disease in the country since 1999. PBS NewsHour explores how the outbreak adds to the challenge of the humanitarian crisis and how...
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Pbs Learning Media: Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge: Malaria Treatment and Prevention Strategies

9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from Rx for Survival examines malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, a disease that kills more than one million children there each year. [4:31]
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Pbs Learning Media: Joel Breman Thinks World Can Eliminate Malaria by 2050

9th - 10th
Learn about the current efforts to prevent the spread of malaria, from prevention techniques to the drugs that are available. Joel Breman talks about a how a new class of drugs and bed nets treated with insecticide can offer protection...
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Pbs Learning Media: Peter Piot Discusses Progress in African Aids Epidemic

9th - 10th
Listen as UNAID's Peter Piot discusses how, despite progress in the fight against AIDS, we still have a long way to go. Piot has been on the front lines of the fight against AIDS in Africa for three decades.
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Pbs Learning Media: Impact of Hiv/aids on South Africa's Environment

9th - 10th
Population scientist Lori Hunter talks about some of the broad impacts of the HIV epidemic in South Africa, including a possibly unsustainable reliance on local resources.