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World Service,28 Oct 1998,13 mins

How Climate Change Could Threaten The World's Health

Health Matters

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A UN meeting in Buenos Aires on climate change and health, and blind dancers in Bangalore. A report on the harmful gas emissions associated with climate change, rising temperatures and their impact on human health. Diseases like cholera malaria and tuberculosis could increase. How dancing training in Bangalore is enabling the blind to live relatively normal lives, and entertain others. Presenter: Janet Davey.

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