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Why TB Is Making A Comeback
A look at why tuberculosis is making a comeback, and what is being done to treat it

Talking As Therapy For Bereaved Parents
Beating mental illness taboos in Fiji; and the launch of the UK's Child Bereavement Trust

How Metal Detectors Are Replacing X-Rays
Life-saving metal detectors; social change and stress; a worldwide blood shortage

Treating Sexually Transmitted Diseases
The fight to control STDS in Tanzania and Tonga; and plastic condoms replacing latex ones

The First Ever World Alzheimer's Day
Diphtheria in the former Soviet Union; the first World Alzheimer's Day; vaginal thrush

Abortion And A Woman's Right to Choose
The availablity and accessibility of abortion is discussed following a UN conference

Why We Need To Talk About Death
Talking about death, childbirth in Sarajevo; women's sexuality and fertility

Treating And Preventing Sexually Transmitted Diseases
An examination of the global scale of sexually transmitted diseases

Breast Cancer - Treatment And Survival
Breast cancer, a sufferer shares her experience of treatment and recovery

Helping Orphans, Mothers And AIDS Sufferers In Hoima, Uganda
Helping orphans and the victims of AIDS, a report on the Hoima project in western Uganda