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World Service,01 Mar 2000,24 mins

Sexually Transmitted Disease In Africa

Health Matters

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STDs, how education is fighting hunger in India, and medicinal plants in Bhutan. The young in Africa are the most vulnerable when it comes to sexually transmitted diseases. How education is helping to fight hunger and disease in the slums of India and how ancient knowledge of medicinal plants in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan can be used to produce life-saving drugs.

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