Health and Disease in Zimbabwe

Synopsis: Explores the factors that compose the health portrait of a developing country such as Zimbabwe, whcih whas one of the fastest rates of population growth in the world but a very high infant mortality rate. Since independence in 1980 there have been dramatic improvements in health: a national immunisation campaign, and better nutrition, housing and sanitation have all contributed. But a decline in infectious diseases has been replaced by the degenerative diseases that predominate in industrialised countries. Environmental and economic problems and the AIDS epidemic have to be tackled by government.
Series: Health and Disease, Course U205
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1993
Availability: Off-air recording licence
Sale; 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Development studies; Medical sciences
Keywords: developing countries; immunisation; infant mortality; public health; Zimbabwe

Producer

Eleanor Morris

Cast

Sudha Bhuchar

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