

Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge
2005-12-08
48 minutes.
Season - Episode
1
Season 1 Nov 03, 2005
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1 - 1Disease Warriors Nov 03, 2005
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1 - 2Rise of the Superbug Nov 10, 2005
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1 - 3Delivering the Goods Nov 17, 2005
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1 - 4Deadly Messengers Nov 24, 2005
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1 - 5Back to the Basics Dec 01, 2005
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1 - 6How Safe are We? Dec 08, 2005
Overview
From vaccines to antibiotics, clean water to nutrition, bio-terror threats to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the six-part series Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge tells the compelling stories of global health challenges and successes. Employing both historical dramatic sequences and poignant current documentary stories, the series showcases key milestones in public health history, such as the eradication of smallpox, alongside modern and future challenges, including SARS, a potential global flu pandemic and recovery from the Asian tsunami catastrophe.
Year 2005
Studio PBS
Director
Crew
Popularity 0.9214
Language