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Smoking - The Habit That World Doesn't Want To Give Up

Smoking was once seen as a cure for illnesses but is now a global public health issue

• 23 mins

WHO's 2000 Health Pledge - What Next?

How far has the world's health improved since WHO's pledge to eradicate disease by 2000?

• 23 mins

Living With Autism

Report on living and coping with the brain development condition autism

• 24 mins

How River Blindness Has Devastated Ghana

A report on the legacy of the disease river blindness in Ghana

• 23 mins

Nursing Around The World

Hepatitis B help for a listener, prostate problems and nursing around the world

• 23 mins

The WHO's New Health Target

The UN's new health target, soothing babies to sleep and telling teenagers about sex

• 24 mins

How A Simple Supplement Could Save The Sight Of Children

Essential Vitamin A, info on Viagra; the Nepalese given the gift of sight and migraines

• 23 mins

The Drug Trail And Spread Of HIV In Thailand

The AIDS trail, breastfeeding and HIV, face-saving surgery for babies with a cleft palate

• 23 mins

Medical Equipment That Is Not Fit For Purpose

Medical equipment that isn't fit for purpose, heart health and artificial limbs in India

• 23 mins

Teenage Kicks - Smoking And Drinking

Teenage smoking and drinking, advice for men wanting a baby, why chocolate is healthy

• 24 mins

Sexually Transmitted Disease In Africa

STDs, how education is fighting hunger in India, and medicinal plants in Butan

• 24 mins

The Health Of A Nation

A visit to three countries examining how the health of citizens is linked to healthcare

• 23 mins

The Next Big Virus

New infections and diseases, where do they come from and what threat do they pose?

• 24 mins

The Work Of The World Health Organisation

An exploration into the work of the World Health Organization (WHO)

• 24 mins

The Polio Vaccination Project

The World Health Organisation's project aiming to eradicate polio worldwide

• 24 mins

The Phelophepa Health Train

Report on Lillian Cingo, founder of the Phelophepa Health Train in South Africa

• 23 mins

Illness - What Are We All Scared Of?

The reality of illness, disability and death

• 24 mins

Dr Jacob Roy On Dementia

An interview with Dr Jacob Roy on his work regarding dementia care in India

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The Ageing Game

Can we predict how long we will live and what will it be like to be old

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Is Memory Loss Inevitable As We Age

The programme asks whether memory loss is inevitable as we age

• 24 mins

A Lifetime Of Public Health Devotion - Prof. Adetokunbo O. Lucas

Profile of Prof. Adetokunbo O. Lucas, chairman of the Global Forum for Health Research

• 24 mins

How Animals Age

Scientific insights into the ageing process and strategies evolved by animals to survive

• 23 mins

Life Before Birth

An exploration into the stages of development of the child in the womb

• 23 mins

Life Before Birth - Part 2

A report on research on the prenatal period of babies - one of medicines 'unknowns'

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Life Before Birth - Part 3

A look at premature birth, when a baby is born before 36 weeks gestation

• 23 mins

Treating Children With Malaria

A report into children with malaria

• 24 mins

Cancer - Why Are More People Getting It?

The programme asks why more people are getting cancer despite medical advances

• 24 mins

International Check Up - Mental Health

Health advice on mental health issues including anxiety and compulsive behaviour

• 24 mins

Children's Behavioural Problems

Report and discussion on tackling children's behavioural problems

• 24 mins

The Declaration of Alma-Ata

Report on The Declaration of Alma-Ata signed in 1988

• 23 mins