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AIDS Challenge in Thailand
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Foreign Country Doctors
Attracted to the first-rate medical facilities and a comfortable lifestyle, an increasing number of foreign doctors are being drawn to rural U.S.A. Click here to watch the video » [showhide type=”transcript” more_text=”Read the Transcript »” less_text=”Close the Transcript”] FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Eutaw, Alabama, is one of the poorest places in the United States, with […]
AIDS in India ’01
The AIDS epidemic in India could reach a scale that would dwarf India’s natural disasters. The main route through which is AIDS and HIV is spread is the sex trade. They will go to great lengths to make sure that people are unaware that they are infected. This problem is compounded by the fact that […]
Senegal’s Success – In Dealing With AIDS Epidemic
Senegal has all the ingredients for a major AIDS epidemic. In spite of this, it has managed to control the spread of AIDS by addressing multiple vectors of infection. For example, religious leaders in the nation have taken a proactive stance to help their congregations prevent the spread of AIDS. It is also required that […]
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India Pharmaceuticals
India has long been a leader in producing generic versions of drugs far cheaper than their counterparts in the West. This is because India decided that it would not honor a select range of patents in an attempt to improve the lives of people in India. The companies that hold the patents on these drugs […]
Longstanding Partnership
AIDS in South Africa ’00
An update on the AIDS crisis in South Africa as the nation prepares for the 13th International AIDS Conference. Click here to watch the video » [showhide type=”transcript” more_text=”Read the Transcript »” less_text=”Close the Transcript”] FRED DE SAM LAZARO: When democracy came to South Africa in 1994, it was supposed to bridge the huge gap […]
AIDS in South Africa – Mbeki’s Response
South Africa is a country being devastated by the AIDS virus. Hospital wards are overflowing with patients infected with this disease. The problem is further complicated because South Africa’s President Mbeki has publicly questioned the link between AIDS and HIV. Click here to watch the video » [showhide type=”transcript” more_text=”Read the Transcript »” less_text=”Close the […]
Don’t Drink the Water
The country of Bangladesh is facing a severe public health crisis because of contaminated drinking water. What was once a model for public health campaigns has now become a major problem as the arsenic levels in the water from newly constructed wells is much higher than that found in the surface water. This has become […]
AIDS in South Africa ’98
In the past five years (1993-1998), South Africa has seen a marked increase in the amount of people infected with HIV. Even in the face of this growing epidemic, there is a great apathy among the people who are in a position to begin to address this problem. [showhide type=”transcript” more_text=”Read the Transcript »” less_text=”Close […]
Foreign Country Doctors
Foreign-educated physicians area a staple in inner-city hospitals and rural areas, where most U.S.-educated counterparts do not want to serve. This report looks these doctors and they countries they have left behind. [showhide type=”transcript” more_text=”Read the Transcript »” less_text=”Close the Transcript”] FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Foreign-educated physicians are a staple in inner-city hospitals and in […]