World Chronicle 871: Ebrahim Malick Samba, WHO

Michael Littlejohns interviews Ebrahim Malick Samba, Director of the Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO), for World Chronicle program 871.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:04
• Production Date: 16 September 2002
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: EBRAHIM SAMBA; IAN WILLIAMS; JEROME HULE; MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: AFRICA; AIDS; AIDS PREVENTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVENTION; DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; HIV; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; MALARIA; PHARMACEUTICALS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER
• Geographic Subject: AFRICA
• MAMS Id: 2118533
• Parent Id: 827687

Description

Africa’s Health Crisis

The AIDS pandemic affects all parts of the globe, yet Africa, with two thirds of the world’s HIV/AIDS-related deaths, is the hardest hit. Why In this edition of World Chronicle, one of the continent’s foremost experts on public health issues, Dr. Ebrahim Malik Samba of the World Health Organisation, analyses some of the special circumstances that apply to African health issues, including the link between health and poverty. Other topics covered include strategies to combat malaria, as well as recent efforts to improve health by increasing access to clean water.

• Scripts: File; 871.pdf (32.63 KB)