SOUNDPRINT offers a health check-up in a groundbreaking global collaboration of the world's best documentary producers. The first half of each hour-long program is an offering from this year's Global Perspective series. The series offers a provocative look at health care around the world. Aging issues, life and death matters, public policy and personal decisions. Tune in for a screening of health issues from around the globe.
1.AIDS in Haiti, SOUNDPRINT, aired 3/5/04:
In Haiti, it's not hard to find people who have been touched by HIV. Over 30,000 people died from the disease in 2002. Those who survive represent a country in turmoil: a mother in a rural area overwhelmed by poverty and disease; sex workers who must decide whether to risk condom-free sex; HIV-positive family members who feel a lingering stigma. The prognosis for the response to the disease remains elusive, yet doctors firmly believe that the tide is turning on the AIDS battle in Haiti.
2.Hot Flash, CBC, aired 3/12/04
Until recently hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was a common treatment for women who had gone through menopause. It kept memory fresh, energy levels up, and removed unpleasant menopausal symptoms. It was a godsend for many women in Canada, until suddenly in July 2002, HRT was confirmed to increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and breast cancer.
3.Trauma, ABC, aired 3/19/04
Trauma is a portrait of the ebb and flow of life within the Alfred Hospital's Trauma and Emergency Department in Melbourne, Australia -- a place where dramatic, life-changing events occur with relentless regularity against a background of routine order.
4.London:the Superbug Capital of the World?, BBC, aired 3/26/04
Tabloid headlines have dubbed London the "superbug capital of the world" because of the number of MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) cases in the capital's hospitals. We look at how one hospital in London is fighting against a fatal bacteria that has been spreading through its wards due to poor hygiene practices.
5.Sick at Heart, Radio Netherlands, aired 4/9/04
The Netherlands is statistically the sickest country in Europe, with one in six people of working age on a disability pension. The generous system allows its beneficiaries to earn a salary as well as receive sick benefits, rates illness on a percentage basis, and is now crippling the Dutch economy. Hide full description
SOUNDPRINT offers a health check-up in a groundbreaking global collaboration of the world's best documentary producers. The first half of each hour-long program is an offering from this year's Global Perspective series. The series offers a provocative look at health care around the world. Aging issues, life and death matters, public policy and personal decisions. Tune in for a screening of health issues from around the globe. 1.AIDS in Haiti, SOUNDPRINT, aired 3/5/04: In Haiti, it's not hard to find people who have been touched by HIV. Over 30,000 people died from the disease in 2002. Those who survive represent a country in turmoil: a mother in a rural area overwhelmed by poverty and disease; sex workers who must decide whether to risk condom-free sex; HIV-positive family... Show full description
