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...have no choice but to dance." Produced by...
For more than a decade Brazil has opened itself to the global economy. Yet still the richest ten per cent of its people take half the nation's income while the poorest 40 per cent live on less than two dollars a day. The measures Brazil has taken to save its currency -- steps that have thus far satisfied fast-moving global markets -- are hurting the poor and the lower middle class. What's ha…
...of a global health crisis... Produced by...
Sleeping sickness is spreading in Sudan. Older drugs that have been used for decades have been abandoned by their producers because they are not profitable. The newer treatments are priced either beyond the means of patients or are not available because their producers have not found them profitable. Globalisation is doing nothing to help those dying from the otherwise treatable disease.
...Or it may take 10 years". Produced by...
Arguably globalisation did everyone a favour by melting down the economy of Indonesia because it laid bare the country's despotism and corruption. The tragedy is that globalisation didn't just flatten the crony capitalists, but also the ordinary people who had just been working hard according to the local rules. The question now is whether institutions like the IMF can take advantage of the momen…
...death and become a medical first. Produced by...
Peter Houghton is battery powered. He is the first person in the world to live with an electric heart - bringing new hope to the battle against heart disease.
...solidarity, but even treatment. Produced by...
A group of children with a rare condition, which could potentially cause them to laugh to death, who found each other through the internet, and found a doctor in Australia who could help.
...set on a new path to heal itself. Produced by...
The most vulnerable part of a footballer’s body are his knees. Javier Jimenez was a star of Spanish football – until he injured his knee. A pioneering procedure has put him back on the pitch.
...infected flesh and save the leg. Produced by...
A German scientist has rediscovered an ancient and miraculous way to clean up infected wounds. When antibiotics don't work, maggots can do the job instead
...to expand into commerce. Produced by...
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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