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World Service,30 Apr 2006,24 mins

A Push To Beat Tuberculosis

Health Matters

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TB update, a pill for heart disease, safe drinking water, living with a brain condition. A new campaign aims to half the number of people infected with tuberculosis, the campaign is backed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu who has had the disease himself. How statins can help reduced the chances of having a heart attack. Also in the programme a look at living with hydrocephalus and can bottled water be better, or even worse, for us?

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