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In Northern Peru, an ingenious idea is helping keep malaria at bay. They have few resources, but they do have lots of coconuts and these are being used to breed and distribute an insecticide to control malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
...global demand for this remedy. Produced by...
For centuries Peruvians have used the bark of a tree known as ‘cats claw’ to treat everything from arthritis to cancer. It’s become so popular it’s now a booming business.
...dialysis at a cut price. Produced by...
When kidney disease strikes the dialysis machines necessary to keep a patient alive are extremely expensive. But one father and son team in Peru, with some ingenious engineering skill, have enabled doctors to offer patients dialysis at a cut price. Produced by Mentorn
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In 1998 the drug company Pfizer introduced Viagra - high in the Andes the Incas had their own version. Researchers in Peru are scrutinising the secrets of this Natural Viagra.
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