Preventing Epidemics

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Recorded on location with farmers in the Mekong Delta and with an invited metropolitan audience at The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in Ho Chi Minh City, presenters Claudia Hammond and Ha Mi discover the personal experiences of farmers on the front line looking out for new diseases and hear from the scientists who are trying to understand and prevent future epidemics. Speakers include: Ho Dang Trung Nghia Nguyen Van Cuong Stephen Baker, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Produced in association with Wellcome Collection. Image: Pigs. © Geraldine Fitzgerald, BBC