Malaria, the serial killer / Arte France & Beta Prod present ; a film by Alain Tixier ; director, Alain Tixier ; in association with Off the Fence.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Tixier, Alain, director, producer.

Forest, Pierre, narrator.

Off the Fence Productions, film distributor.

ARTE France, presenter, production company.

Beta Productions (Firm), presenter, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Malaria--Africa.

Malaria.

Malaria--Treatment.

Malaria--Prevention.

Malaria--History.

Mosquitoes--Control--Research.

Mosquitoes.

Genre:

Educational films.

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (52 minutes)

Other Title:

Malaria : the serial killer

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, North Holland : Off the Fence, 2007.

Language Note:

In English with French voiceovers.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Today, malaria kills twice as many people as AIDS: some 4 million a year. 2 billion people live in regions with malaria; 700 million of them are infected. But this disease's progress is being marked by relative indifference, perhaps because the countries most badly affected are least able to fund the sort of research which is necessary. But while malaria was eradicated in Europe in the 1950s, it is now thought possible that global warming will lead to its return, and cases have already been found in the south of the Eastern bloc. This programme explains the basics of the disease: the different strains which variously cause exhaustion and death, the history of treatment, from witch doctors to modern pharmaceuticals, and the political and economic aspects of the crisis. Why did the attempt to add malaria to the G8's agenda fail, even though 90 countries are affected? Why has so little money been invested in the fight against this plague? What does the future hold?

Participant:

Narrator, Pierre Forest.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed December 09, 2019).

OCLC:

1135592534