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The diseases and development trap

Meeting the man the world's asked to beat Aids, TB and Malaria - diseases costing lives and harming global development

Cases of tuberculosis have hit record highs around the world, with the number of deaths each year touching 1.7million. This week on One Planet, we'll ask the man leading the fight against the disease how it hinders a nation's economic development, and how poverty in turn feeds new cases of TB.

Michel Kazatchkine is executive director of the Global Fund, an organisation that manages over $12bn funding with 600 programmes in 150 countries. Presenter Mike Williams meets Mr Kazatchkine at his Geneva offices to talk diseases and development.

Also in the show we head to Honduras to investigate the small scale farming techniques which the UN says we'll have to adopt if we're to feed a global population of nine billion. Plus we go for a trek with the Green Army of 77 Housewives through the Indian forest.

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28 minutes

Last on

Sun 27 Mar 2011 22:30GMT

Broadcasts

  • Thu 24 Mar 2011 10:32GMT
  • Thu 24 Mar 2011 15:32GMT
  • Fri 25 Mar 2011 01:32GMT
  • Sat 26 Mar 2011 20:30GMT
  • Sun 27 Mar 2011 02:30GMT
  • Sun 27 Mar 2011 06:32GMT
  • Sun 27 Mar 2011 22:30GMT

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