Dying in Comfort in Mongolia
Anu Anand travels across the globe to investigate how different countries are tackling cancer, one of the world’s biggest killers. In this f...
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20 of 27 episodesFailing Gracefully
Dr Kevin Fong concludes his exploration of the boundaries between the medical profession and other industries for valuable lessons that migh...
Going Lean: Health and the Toyota Way
In the third programme in the series, Dr Kevin Fong explores the concept of ‘lean’ in healthcare. He visits Toyota’s largest car assembly pl...
“Faster, Better, Cheaper”
Dr Kevin Fong continues to explore the boundaries between the medical profession and other industries for valuable lessons that might be of...
The Business of Failure
In a new four-part series for BBC World Service and The Open University, broadcaster and medic Dr Kevin Fong explores what healthcare can le...
AIDS in the Philippines
Dr Margarita Holmes is one of the best-known advisers on sex and relationships in the Philippines, drawing on her extensive clinical experie...
AIDS in Uganda
Dr Peter Mugyenyi runs one of Africa’s largest HIV medical research institutes, the Joint Clinical Research Centre in Kampala, which he help...
AIDS in Russia and Australia
Former UK Health Secretary Norman Fowler continues his investigation into what works and what does not when it comes to reducing the rate of...
AIDS in Britain and America
Former UK Health Secretary Lord Fowler focuses on his own experience. When the virus hit Britain, and despite opposition from then Prime Min...
The Fight Against Aids
Tony Fauci looks back at the scientific breakthroughs that have transformed HIV/Aids from a death sentence to a disease that can now be trea...
The Truth About Diabetes Debate
A one-off special panel discussion on one of the world’s most complex and devastating food issues: diabetes. Presenter Anu Anand is joined b...
Diabetes: Sugar, Death and Taxes
Mexicans are the world’s biggest consumers of fizzy drinks, many argue that Mexicans are quite simply addicted to them. They are part of dai...
Diabetes: Challenge in the Bronx
Smitha Mundasad visits the Bronx in New York City, one of North America’s poorest and most diverse boroughs. Type 2 diabetes is now so commo...
Diabetes: Nothing Good to Eat
The tiny, idyllic Pacific islands which make up the Kingdom of Tonga are setting for an unlikely and acute health crisis. With around 90% of...
Diabetes: South Asia Time Bomb
Type 2 diabetes is taking on epidemic proportions around the world, and South Asia is at its epicentre. Presenter Anu Anand travels to Sri L...
Life and Death: Bereavement Without a Body
For a loved one to die is devastating enough. But to lose those closest to us in war or conflict, and not to know where they are or how they...
Life and Death: When Are we Dead?
Huge advances in technology now mean people can be kept alive longer, blurring the boundary between life and death. This intensifies the dil...
Life and Death: What is Killing Us?
The truth about mortality is that, when it comes to global figures, it is not known what people die of because more than half of the deaths...
Life and Death: Babies' Minds
Tiny babies are, from birth, active learners. They don’t wait for the world to come to them. Claudia Hammond explores the very latest resear...
Life and Death: Born Too Soon
The first 24 hours are the most crucial in their survival for the 15 million premature babies born every year. And the stark truth is that s...
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