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Health Innovations, Cervical Cancer Screening
produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 3 mins
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of death among women in Rwanda. There are not enough qualified health workers or the right equipment to properly screen the disease, therefore thousands of women never receive a diagnosis. By the time they seek treatment it is often far too late. A team of American medical volu...
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produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 3 mins
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Cervical cancer is the leading cause of death among women in Rwanda. There are not enough qualified health workers or the right equipment to properly screen the disease, therefore thousands of women never receive a diagnosis. By the time they seek treatment it is often far too late. A team of American medical volunteers is working closely with the Ministry of Health to provide a low cost alternative. The programme, called See and Treat, uses a te...
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of death among women in Rwanda. There are not enough qualified health workers or the right equipment to properly screen the disease, therefore thousands of women never receive a diagnosis. By the time they seek treatment it is often far too late. A team of American medical volunteers is working closely with the Ministry of Health to provide a low cost alternative. The programme, called See and Treat, uses a technique called Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid – more commonly known as vinegar.
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Date Published / Released
2018
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Health Innovations
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Health Innovations, Female Pilots Delivering Health Care in Africa
presented by Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-; produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 4 mins
Patricia Nyekodzi is Ghana’s only civilian female pilot. And she is just 23 years-old. She was trained by Medicine on the Move, a project that uses small planes to deliver health education in remote communities. She can maintain and build planes and deliver health education and is now passing on all of these ski...
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presented by Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-; produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 4 mins
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Patricia Nyekodzi is Ghana’s only civilian female pilot. And she is just 23 years-old. She was trained by Medicine on the Move, a project that uses small planes to deliver health education in remote communities. She can maintain and build planes and deliver health education and is now passing on all of these skills to other women.
Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
SW Pictures
Author / Creator
Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
SW Pictures
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Health Innovations
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Health Innovations, Fighting Malnutrition in Guatemala
presented by Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-; produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 4 mins
A children’s clinic in Guatemala is bringing back indigenous plants to help fight chronic malnutrition in the country. With rising food prices, most children are bought up on just tortilla and beans, lacking essential vitamins and minerals. Staff at Bethania Clinic, supported by Christian Aid, are teaching moth...
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presented by Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-; produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 4 mins
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A children’s clinic in Guatemala is bringing back indigenous plants to help fight chronic malnutrition in the country. With rising food prices, most children are bought up on just tortilla and beans, lacking essential vitamins and minerals. Staff at Bethania Clinic, supported by Christian Aid, are teaching mothers how to grow and cook nutritious indigenous plants.
Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Documentary
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SW Pictures
Author / Creator
Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2018
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SW Pictures
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Health Innovations
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Health Innovations, Growing Red Blood Cells in Scotland
presented by Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-; produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 4 mins
Last year, the blood transfusion service collected just over one million litres of blood from donors in the United Kingdom. This enormous and expensive effort is currently the only way possible to produce the vast amount of blood needed for the millions of blood transfusions carried out each year. A team of scient...
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presented by Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-; produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 4 mins
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Last year, the blood transfusion service collected just over one million litres of blood from donors in the United Kingdom. This enormous and expensive effort is currently the only way possible to produce the vast amount of blood needed for the millions of blood transfusions carried out each year. A team of scientists in Edinburgh, Scotland is growing red blood cells in a laboratory, using embryonic stem cells, but it has a long way to go before...
Last year, the blood transfusion service collected just over one million litres of blood from donors in the United Kingdom. This enormous and expensive effort is currently the only way possible to produce the vast amount of blood needed for the millions of blood transfusions carried out each year. A team of scientists in Edinburgh, Scotland is growing red blood cells in a laboratory, using embryonic stem cells, but it has a long way to go before it can achieve this on a large scale.
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Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2018
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SW Pictures
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Health Innovations, Health Riders – Part 1 – Nurses
presented by Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-; produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 3 mins
Mothers used to have to walk three hours to get their children vaccinated in rural Lesotho. Now nurse Thabiso Phoka reaches them by motorbike but he still has to leave his bike at the top of the mountain and walk down the very steep hill into the village.
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presented by Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-; produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 3 mins
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Mothers used to have to walk three hours to get their children vaccinated in rural Lesotho. Now nurse Thabiso Phoka reaches them by motorbike but he still has to leave his bike at the top of the mountain and walk down the very steep hill into the village.
Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
SW Pictures
Author / Creator
Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2018
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SW Pictures
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Health Innovations
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Health Innovations, Health Riders - Part 5
produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 3 mins
Across Lesotho, motorbikes are constantly ferrying medical samples from clinic to lab, or allowing health workers to reach the communities they serve. These services rely on their bikes day after day. But keeping them going on these tough tracks is no mean feat. In charge of keeping Lesotho’s fleet of a hundred...
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produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 3 mins
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Across Lesotho, motorbikes are constantly ferrying medical samples from clinic to lab, or allowing health workers to reach the communities they serve. These services rely on their bikes day after day. But keeping them going on these tough tracks is no mean feat. In charge of keeping Lesotho’s fleet of a hundred and twenty motorbikes on the road, is mechanic, Thaele Seleke.
Field of Study
Health Policy
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Documentary
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SW Pictures
Date Published / Released
2018
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Health Innovations
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Health Innovations, Innovative Hospital in Rwanda
presented by Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-; produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 3 mins
The rolling hills of Burera District in Rwanda provide the picturesque background for an innovative new hospital. Built in local stone by local people, the hospital has high ceilings, large fans and permanently open windows to provide ventilation to help infection control. It also has anti-germicidal ultra violet...
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presented by Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-; produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 3 mins
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The rolling hills of Burera District in Rwanda provide the picturesque background for an innovative new hospital. Built in local stone by local people, the hospital has high ceilings, large fans and permanently open windows to provide ventilation to help infection control. It also has anti-germicidal ultra violet lights and easy to clean floors; cheap affordable and relevant solutions for good quality health care.
Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
SW Pictures
Author / Creator
Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2018
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SW Pictures
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Health Innovations, Kidney Disease in Nigeria
presented by Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-; produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 5 mins
Kidney disease is on the increase in Nigeria due to changing lifestyles. There is a chronic shortage of trained health workers and the equipment needed to be able to deal with this disease; people cannot afford the dialysis treatment and only a fortunate few receive kidney transplants. The challenge therefore, is...
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presented by Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-; produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 5 mins
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Kidney disease is on the increase in Nigeria due to changing lifestyles. There is a chronic shortage of trained health workers and the equipment needed to be able to deal with this disease; people cannot afford the dialysis treatment and only a fortunate few receive kidney transplants. The challenge therefore, is to minimize the need for surgery and focus on prevention.
Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
SW Pictures
Author / Creator
Dr. Ayan Panja, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
SW Pictures
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Health Innovations, Marketing Condoms in Cambodia
presented by Shini Somara, 1979-; produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 4 mins
Population Services International is marketing condoms in Cambodia to attract two different types of customer. "OK” is a low-cost condom aimed at the commercial sex sector. “Number One” is a higher priced brand that is designed to persuade people it’s something they want, rather than something they need. P...
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presented by Shini Somara, 1979-; produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 4 mins
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Population Services International is marketing condoms in Cambodia to attract two different types of customer. "OK” is a low-cost condom aimed at the commercial sex sector. “Number One” is a higher priced brand that is designed to persuade people it’s something they want, rather than something they need. Profits from the more expensive brand are used to subsidize the cheapest.
Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Documentary
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SW Pictures
Author / Creator
Shini Somara, 1979-
Date Published / Released
2018
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SW Pictures
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Health Innovations, Medical Comfort
produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 4 mins
US military staff from the hospital ship USNS Comfort are bringing medical relief and surgical care to local communities in Guatemala. Over 270 metres long, thirty-two metres wide and as tall as a ten-story building, the former oil tanker has 12 operating rooms and half a million doses of medicine. Throughout thei...
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produced by SW Pictures, in Health Innovations (London, England: SW Pictures, 2018), 4 mins
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US military staff from the hospital ship USNS Comfort are bringing medical relief and surgical care to local communities in Guatemala. Over 270 metres long, thirty-two metres wide and as tall as a ten-story building, the former oil tanker has 12 operating rooms and half a million doses of medicine. Throughout their mission, the surgeons perform over a thousand procedures, including a life-changing operation on Carlos, a 10-year-old boy.
Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
SW Pictures
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
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Health Innovations
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