Health crisis in Sudan
Do people experiencing depression have worse period pain? How climate change is enabling ticks to hitch a ride on migrating birds; could hot chocolate benefit stressed people?
As the war in Sudan leads to multiple health crises in the country, we look at what can be done to improve the situation. Also on the show, is climate change helping disease-carrying ticks to spread beyond their usual range by an unusual method – migrating birds? And hot chocolate: it’s delicious, but in certain circumstances, could it also help to improve your vascular health? Claudia Hammond is joined by health reporter Laura Foster to explore these topics and more.
Image: WFP trucks carry aid to Darfur and other famine-stricken parts through the Adre Border crossing
Image Credit: Abubakar Garelnabei/Reuters
Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Katie Tomsett and Margaret Sessa-Hawkins
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- Wed 27 Nov 202420:32GMTBBC World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview & Europe and the Middle East only
- Wed 27 Nov 202421:32GMTBBC World Service except Online, Americas and the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East & UK DAB/Freeview
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- Thu 28 Nov 202413:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa only
Sat 30 Nov 202411:32GMTLive News- Sat 30 Nov 202411:32GMTBBC World Service except Australasia, East and Southern Africa, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa
- Sun 1 Dec 202402:32GMTBBC World Service
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