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Pbs Learning Media: Polio Outbreak in Syria
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
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
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
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
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.