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World Service,15 Aug 1997,43 mins

Diseases That Threaten Mankind

A Question of Science

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The emergence of diseases threatening mankind and animals. Since 1970 the World Health Organisation has identified 30 diseases that pose a serious threat to man, such as AIDS and Ebola, in addition to cholera and malaria. A panellist discusses whether man will win over microbe. This is a programme from the BBC World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 1997.

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