Bibliograph

Rx for survival, a global health challenge, a co-production of the WGBH/NOVA Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc

Type

Label

Rx for survival, a global health challenge, a co-production of the WGBH/NOVA Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Rx for survival

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

62628732

Responsibility statement

a co-production of the WGBH/NOVA Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc

Runtime

336

Sub title

a global health challenge

Summary

Examines the most critical health threats facing the world today by portraying conditions in over twenty countries, examining why diseases that are curable still persist, the efforts to treat them, and the dangers of new "superbugs."

Table Of Contents

Disc 1. Disease warriors / written, produced and directed by Mike Beckham ; produced in association with Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health ; a Circus Productions film -- Rise of the superbugs / written, produced and directed by Sarah Holt ; a Holt Productions filmDisc 2. Delivering the goods / written and directed by Gail Willumsen ; produced by Gail Willumsen, Jill Shinefield ; produced in association with Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health ; a Gemini Productions film -- Deadly messengers / produced by Andrew Young ; written by Susan Todd ; an Archipelago Films productionDisc 3. Back to the basics / produced by Tabitha Jackson, Mike Beckham ; produced in association with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; a Circus Productions film -- How safe are we? / written, produced and directed by Rob Whittlesey ; an RCSR Productions film

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification