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World Service,·32 episodes
Diabetes: South Asia Time Bomb
Anu Anand discovers why South Asians, like herself, are more at risk of type 2 diabetes.
12 Jan 2016,·26 mins
Diabetes: Nothing Good to Eat
Tonga - where obesity is the norm, and over 36% of adults suffer from type 2 diabetes.
19 Jan 2016,·26 mins
Diabetes: Challenge in the Bronx
In New York, Hispanics, blacks and other ethnic minorities suffer high rates of diabetes.
26 Jan 2016,·26 mins
Diabetes: Sugar, Death and Taxes
Mexico’s government has introduced the first-ever sugary drinks tax to combat diabetes
02 Feb 2016,·26 mins
The Truth About Diabetes Debate
A live debate on the impact of diabetes on world health and options for action.
05 Feb 2016,·49 mins
Dying in Comfort in Mongolia
The Mongolian matriarch who is helping people with terminal liver cancer die in comfort
12 Jun 2017,·26 mins
Taking On Tobacco - Lung Cancer in Uruguay
Uruguay takes on Big Tobacco in crusade to save its citizens
19 Jun 2017,·26 mins
Screening and Treating Cervical Cancer in Tanzania
Anu Anand on how vinegar and a head torch are used to tackle cervical cancer in Tanzania.
26 Jun 2017,·26 mins
The USA’s Deadly Racial Divide: Black women and Breast Cancer
Why are more black women more likely to die of breast cancer in the US?
03 Jul 2017,·26 mins
Catching Prostate Cancer Early in Trinidad
Anu Anand on detecting and treating prostate cancer in Trinidad and Tobago.
10 Jul 2017,·26 mins
Eating Well in Lyon: Healthy Diets to prevent Bowel Cancer
Anu Anand is in Lyon, looking at what we eat and drink and the risk of bowel cancer
17 Jul 2017,·26 mins
The Business of Failure
Dr Kevin Fong explores the problems with the US air ambulance industry.
11 Jul 2016,·26 mins
“Faster, Better, Cheaper”
Kevin Fong explores the success and failure of NASA’s missions to Mars
18 Jul 2016,·26 mins
Going Lean: Health and the Toyota Way
Kevin Fong explores how car manufacturing is helping healthcare
25 Jul 2016,·26 mins
Failing Gracefully
The role technology plays in high-risk systemsand what it means for healthcare
01 Aug 2016,·26 mins
The Fight Against Aids
The breakthroughs that have transformed Aids from a death sentence to a treatable disease
06 May 2015,·28 mins
AIDS in Britain and America
Lord Fowler asks why some nations are failing to reduce the harm from HIV/Aids.
13 May 2015,·28 mins
AIDS in Russia and Australia
What works - and what doesn't - when it comes to tackling HIV/Aids?
20 May 2015,·28 mins
AIDS in Uganda
Leading Ugandan doctor, Peter Mugyenyi, on the realities of HIV therapy in his country
27 May 2015,·28 mins
AIDS in the Philippines
Dr Margarita Holmes examines the ethical and personal dilemmas facing people with HIV
03 Jun 2015,·28 mins
Life and Death: Fertility on a Shoestring
The programmes offering infertility treatment at a fraction of the cost in South Africa
25 Jun 2014,·28 mins
Life and Death: Born Too Soon
Claudia Hammond investigates how to save the lives of premature babies
02 Jul 2014,·28 mins
Life and Death: Babies' Minds
Why babies' laughter is key to how their minds work
09 Jul 2014,·28 mins
Life and Death: What is Killing Us?
India’s One Million Deaths project studies how people die to help the living
16 Jul 2014,·28 mins
Life and Death: When Are we Dead?
The pivotal role religion plays in decisions about death and dying in Israel
24 Sep 2014,·28 mins
Life and Death: Bereavement Without a Body
The Cypriots grieving for loved ones still yet to be found
01 Oct 2014,·28 mins
Mental Health: Mad or Sad
Is mental illness universal, or tightly bound to the culture in which we live?
31 May 2013,·28 mins
Mental Health: Children and War
Protecting young minds – the impact of war and conflict on children
07 Jun 2013,·28 mins
Mental Health: Four Walls
Psychologists and political prisoners reveal how to stay sane in solitary confinement
14 Jun 2013,·28 mins
Mental Health: Healing Norway
Norway’s novel attempts to heal its citizens two years from the Anders Breivik murders
21 Jun 2013,·28 mins
