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18th Nov 2001

Medicine in the Tropics


Chris Smith

Shibley Rahman

Many people live without access to fresh water, sanitation and basic healthcare. Professor Eldryd Parry from the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) joins us to discuss life in the third world, and the provision of medicine in the tropics.

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