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Thursday, November 3, 9-11pm
The first hour explores the vital connection between health and
essential requirements such as clean water and sanitation. The
second hour examines the need to strengthen public health systems
and leadership worldwide. Brad Pitt narrates.
"Back to the Basics"--Nutrient-enriched products have
dramatically reduced instances of vitamin-deficiency in the United
States, but such illnesses continue to plague the developing world.
In addition to nutritional deficits, many people in poorer
countries suffer from easily preventable diseases because they lack
other basic necessities, such as clean water and sanitation. "Back
to the Basics" explores the vital connection between health and
these essential requirements. It also examines how America's
overabundance of nutrition - in the form of overconsumption - is
causing problems such as obesity and adult-onset diabetes, which
are beginning to spread to the rest of the world.
"How Safe Are We?"--In the past 100 years, public health and
scientific advances have more than doubled life expectancy in
developed countries and increased longevity in some developing
nations. However, the steady advances of the past century have been
under serious assault in recent years. In the last few decades
alone, 30 new infectious diseases have emerged. New diseases travel
the globe with unprecedented rapidity, and older killers that
seemed controllable are roaring back as current medicines lose
their effectiveness. This episode examines some of the most
critical and emerging threats, and the need to strengthen public
health systems and leadership worldwide.