Bird Flu - How Safe Are We?
This item is included in the following series/curriculum: Rx for Survival
- Grade Level: Junior High (7-9)-Adult
- Subjects: General Health, Global
- Produced By: WGBH
- Year: 2005
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Running Time: 56m
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During the past 100 years, life expectancy more than doubled in developed countries. In the last few decades, however, thirty new infectious diseases have emerged and one of them, AIDS, is becoming perhaps the most devastating epidemic in history. New diseases travel the globe with unprecedented rapidity, and older killers that once seemed controllable are roaring back with a vengeance. How Safe Are We? examines the most critical threats we face today, including avian flu, and the pressing need to strengthen global public health systems.