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World Service,21 Oct 1998,13 mins

South Africa's Health Train

Health Matters

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South Africa's health train, tackling TB in the UK, and pain that has no obvious cause. South Africa's health train aims to take dental, eye, general and psychological treatments directly to patients who need it most. Also a report on how immigration to the United Kingdom is leading to a rise in reported tuberculosis cases and a look at phantom limb pain, still having pain in a limb that has been amputated.

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