Summary: Striking in areas where vaccines tend to be out of reach, the 2005 Indian Ocean tsunami produced fears of an immediate cholera epidemic. But one district in southern India showed the world how to defy the odds, clearing contaminated debris and working with UNICEF to distribute clean water, thus keeping cholera at bay without the help of drugs. This film travels to Tamil Nadu where aid workers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: In this TEDTalk, author Steven Johnson provides a ten-minute tour of The Ghost Map, his riveting historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London. The book is also a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow mapped the pattern of outbreak back to its source - and in the process revolutionized the way people think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007