00000cgc a22000003a 4500 UP-99796217610231781 Buklod 20120306140024.0 m o j ta 120306s2007 xx d||| | || || (iLib)UPD-00183808944 DML eng VDR-1535 Rx for survival a global health challenge [videorecording] series executive producer, Larry Klein ; a co-production of the WGBH/NOVA Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc. ; WGBH Educational Foundation. [Makati City] Unitel Entertainment c2007. 2 videodiscs (335 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in. Collective title from set container. Originally produced as 6 episodes of the television miniseries Rx for survival in 2005. Special feature (disc 2, 25 min.): interview with Jimmy Carter about global health issues, conducted by David Brancaccio (originally broadcast as an episode of the television program NOW on Nov. 4, 2005). DVD-ROM features (PDF files): teacher guides for each episode; 6 activities for exploring global health issues; 3 dispatches from experts in the field. Disease warriors / written, produced, and directed by Mike Beckham ; produced in association with Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health ; a Circus Productions film (55 min.) -- Rise of the superbugs / written, produced, and directed by Sarah Holt ; a Holt Productions film (57 min.) -- Delivering the goods / written and directed by Gail Willumsen ; produced by Gail Willumsen, Jill Shinefield ; produced in association with Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health ; a Gemini Productions film (55 min.) -- Deadly messengers / produced by Andrew Young ; written by Susan Todd ; an Archipelago Films production (57 min.) -- Back to the basics / produced by Tabitha Jackson, Mike Beckham ; produced in association with Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health ; a Circus Productions film (55 min.) -- How safe are we? / written, produced, and directed by Rob Whittlesey ; an RCSR Productions film (56 min.). Music composed by Sheldon Mirowitz ; orchestration and programming, Sheldon Mirowitz. Narrator, Brad Pitt. From vaccines to antibiotics, clean water to nutrition, bio-terror threats to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the six-part series 'Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge' tells the compelling stories of global health challenges and successes. Employing both historical dramatic sequences and poignant current documentary stories, the series showcases key milestones in public health history, such as the eradication of smallpox, alongside modern and future challenges, including SARS, a potential global flu pandemic and recovery from the Asian tsunami catastrophe. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rx DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital. In English. Closed-captioned. Audio-described. World health. Communicable diseases. Emerging infectious diseases. Communicable Disease Control. Communicable Diseases. Emerging. Communicable Diseases. World Health. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Television programs for the hearing impaired. Films for the hearing impaired. Television programs for people with visual disabilities. Films for people with visual disabilities. Documentary. Klein, Larry. Pitt, Brad 1963-. Mirowitz, Sheldon. Beckham, Mike. Holt, Sarah. Willumsen, Gail. Young, Andrew. Jackson, Tabitha. Whittlesey, Rob. Carter, Jimmy 1924-. Brancaccio, David. Hilts, Philip J. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.). Science Unit. Vulcan Productions. WGBH Educational Foundation. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Circus Productions. Holt Productions. Gemini Productions. Archipelago Films. RCSR Productions. WGBH Video (Firm). Unitel Entertainment. FO UPD DMLR VDR-1535 Visual Material