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29/09/2011

Uganda's pioneering cancer doctor on his battle to get cancer taken seriously

Extraordinary personal stories from around the world.

Today, a Ugandan doctor tells us what it was like to be the only cancer specialist in a country with one of the highest cancer rates in the world. Dr Jackson Orem sees up to ten thousand patients a year.

Also, why Angela Walters, who lives in the town of Joplin in the American state of Missouri, is spending so much time restoring photographs scattered far and wide by a tornado.

And, Kuly, Manj and Surj Singh make up the band RDB. These three Sikh brothers from northern England are making it big in Bollywood with their film tracks.

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28 minutes

Last on

Mon 3 Oct 201110:05GMT

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  • Thu 29 Sep 201114:32GMT
  • Thu 29 Sep 201119:32GMT
  • Thu 29 Sep 201123:32GMT
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