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The Resource Rx for survival : a global health challenge, a co-production of the WGBH/NOVA Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc, (DVD)

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

Label
Rx for survival : a global health challenge
Title
Rx for survival
Title remainder
a global health challenge
Statement of responsibility
a co-production of the WGBH/NOVA Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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."
Member of
Cataloging source
MTG
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Nova (Television program)
Credits note
Executive producer Vulcan Productions, Richard Hutton ; series executive producer, Larry Klein
Dewey number
362.1
Language note
Closed-captioned
LC call number
RA441
LC item number
.R9 2005
PerformerNote
Narrator, Brad Pitt
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1963-
  • 1956-
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  • Pitt, Brad
  • Beckham, Mike
  • Holt, Sarah
  • Willumsen, Gail
  • Young, Andrew
  • Jackson, Tabitha
  • Whittlesey, Rob
  • Circus Productions
  • Holt Productions
  • Gemini Productions
  • Archipelago Films
  • RCSR Productions
  • WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
  • Vulcan Productions
  • WGBH Video (Firm)
Runtime
336
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  • World health
  • Public health
  • Videodiscs for people with visual disabilities
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Rx for survival : a global health challenge, a co-production of the WGBH/NOVA Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc, (DVD)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Includes video description
  • Videodisc release of the 2005 television productions originally appearing on PBS
  • Special features: NOW interview with former President Jimmy Carter (Disc 2) ; DVD-ROM features (All discs)
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
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 film
  • Disc 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 production
  • Disc 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
Control code
ocm62628732
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Letterbox ed.
Extent
3 videodiscs (336 min.)
Isbn
9781593753276
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
783421389397
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
WG38939
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
a735121
System details
DVD
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Rx for survival : a global health challenge, a co-production of the WGBH/NOVA Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc, (DVD)
Publication
Note
  • Includes video description
  • Videodisc release of the 2005 television productions originally appearing on PBS
  • Special features: NOW interview with former President Jimmy Carter (Disc 2) ; DVD-ROM features (All discs)
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
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 film
  • Disc 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 production
  • Disc 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
Control code
ocm62628732
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Letterbox ed.
Extent
3 videodiscs (336 min.)
Isbn
9781593753276
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
783421389397
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
WG38939
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
a735121
System details
DVD
Video recording format
DVD

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