Disease
Business Daily. The problem of parasites: who pays for neglected tropical diseases? Audio, 18 minutes
The pharmaceutical industry has ignored some diseases for decades. So what can be done?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Witness History. The early days of HIV/Aids. Audio, 9 minutes
The experience of a Ugandan-born woman diagnosed with HIV in the early days of the virus.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Witness History. Europe's last smallpox epidemic. Audio, 9 minutes
The virologist who helped tackle the last smallpox outbreak in Europe
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Winchester vet David Walker from Anderson Moores. Lou Hannan. Audio, 00:03:18
As part of our New Shoots series, we hear about how David is combatting Alabama Rot
- AttributionBBC Radio Solent
- Posted19 November 2021
Eòrpa. Series 29, Episode 2. Video, 29 minutes
Suzie meets other families affected by the contaminated blood scandal.
- AttributionBBC ALBA
- Available for 1 month
Inside Out South. Parkinson's: The Funny Side. Video, 29 minutes
Comedy writer Paul Mayhew-Archer goes in search of a cure for Parkinson's disease.
- AttributionBBC One
- Available for over a year
Health Check. New antiviral Covid pill. Audio, 29 minutes
A new Covid pill may cut hospitalisation by about half
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Witness History. 'Mad cow disease' and CJD. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1996 the UK government said there was a link between BSE in cattle and CJD in humans
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
People Fixing The World. Unsung victories in the fight against disease. Audio, 23 minutes
Remarkable successes against some of the most unpleasant illnesses on the planet
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Health Check. Lambda variant of Sars-Cov-2. Audio, 27 minutes
Is the lambda variant of Sars-Cov-2 evading vaccines?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
People Fixing The World. The great mosquito swap. Audio, 23 minutes
An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Witness History. Cuba's blindness epidemic. Audio, 9 minutes
Up to 50,000 Cubans were inexplicably struck down with sight loss in the early 1990s
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted23 June 2021
Health Check. Tanzania joins Covax. Audio, 26 minutes
Tanzania joins Covax; the first national TB Survey in South Africa and lockdown memories
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Who Do You Think You Are? Series 15, Jonnie Peacock. Video, 58 minutes
Jonnie Peacock ends up captivated by his four-times-great-grandmother.
- AttributionBBC One
- Available for 4 months
Health Check. Is BMI an outdated risk measure? Audio, 26 minutes
Is BMI an outdated measure for risk of type 2 diabetes in diverse ethnic groups?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Africa Life Clinic. Trachoma. Audio, 9 minutes
Treating one of the oldest recognised diseases on earth
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Health Check. Gene therapy for sickle cell disease. Audio, 36 minutes
Gene therapy has transformed the lives of six young people with sickle cell disease
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Health Check. Milestone in HIV prevention for women. Audio, 35 minutes
African clinical study finds an injection every 8 weeks protects women from HIV infection
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Health Check. Measles outbreak threat due to Covid. Audio, 36 minutes
Disruption to measles immunisation raises the risk of large outbreaks in Africa
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Forum. The woman whose cells changed medical history. Audio, 40 minutes
The story of Henrietta Lacks who unwittingly left behind an extraordinary medical legacy
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
