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

Publication Info.	[Boston, MA] : WGBH Boston Video, [2005]
	©2005

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	DVD 362.1 RX DISC 1-3	Check Shelf

Description	3 videodiscs (336 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD.
Performer	Narrator, Brad Pitt.
Note	Production credits vary for each episode.
	Letterboxed.
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."
Contents	disc 1. Disease warriors. Rise of the superbugs -- disc. 2. Delivering the goods. Deadly messengers -- disc 3. Back to the basics. How safe are we?
Note	Special features: NOW interview with former President Jimmy Carter; dispatches from experts in the field; materials for educators; activities for exploring global health issues; access to the Rx for Survival web site.
Language	Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	World health.
	Public health.
Genre/Form	Documentary television programs.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Subject	Communicable Disease Control.
	Communicable Diseases.
	Communicable Diseases, Emerging.
	Global Health.
Added Author	Pitt, Brad, 1963-
	WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.). Science Unit.
	Vulcan Productions.
	WGBH Video (Firm)
Added Title	Nova (Television program)
ISBN	1593753276
Standard No.	783421389397
Music No.	WG38939 WGBH Boston Video

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