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Investigating the Malaria virus

Malaria is Africas largest child killer, it kills more than a million people per year and ninety percent are children. This documentary asks if the rise in fake drugs are to blame.

Studying viruses through vibration

Botswana was once the country worst afflicted by HIV-AIDS virus. Due to a concerted effort led by President Festus Mogae, the government has succeeded in lowering the infection rate and number of AIDS deaths. Botswana was the first African nation to provide anti-retroviral treatment free of charge. But the stigma of carrying the HIV disease is still strong and people are unwilling to get tested. An AFPTV report.

A look at the Hepatitis C virus

Breathing is something that most of us don’t think about, but those with cystic fibrosis can’t take a breath without being conscious of their disease. A common cold that would be an annoyance for you or me can put a cystic fibrosis patient in hospital.

The world marks Malaria Day on Friday. There are some one million lives lost to disease worldwide every year and so scientists are searching for a new miracle cure. In Madagascar, mother nature has an answer which is intriguing researchers.

What was the cause of the Black Death

Using space technology for Heart problems.