Series: Kill or Cure? (57)
57 x 25 minute documentary series produced for the BBC
Diseases that are no threat in developed nations claim tens of millions of lives every year in developing countries. Modern, effective treatments targeting affluent westerners are too expensive for the world’s poor. Old drugs are cheap but resistance is spreading very fast. In some cases the only drugs available kill up to one in 10 of the patients who take them. Kill or Cure covers the hunt for effective and affordable treatments for populations earning less than a few dollars a day. But even in developed nations, the hunt is on for cures for diseases such as HIV and Buruli ulcers.
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Films in the series
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Kill or Cure: New Weapon Against Malaria
It’s the new weapon against malaria. The chemical called artemisinin, which is…
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Kill or Cure: Preparing for the Pandemic
The world stands on the edge of a flu pandemic, according to…
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Kill or Cure: The Deadly Trematodes
Trematodes are tiny parasites that live for years in the liver, lungs…
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Kill or Cure: Tetanus – The Infant Curse
Every year thousands of babies die from tetanus – a disease that…
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Kill or Cure: The Malaria Vaccine
A Malaria Vaccine! We go in search of the very latest ways…
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Kill or Cure: A Vaccine for Dengue
The hunt is on for A Vaccine for Dengue. Dengue fever affects…
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Kill or Cure: A Woman’s Disease
We see how new easy to use field tests are being employed…
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Kill or Cure: Meningitis Outbreak
Meningitis Outbreak takes a look at the devastation such a disease causes…
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