A treaty to help the world cope with the next pandemic, new ways to treat undernutrition and a last goodbye to polio. Could these be some of the health advances that 2024 will bring? Claudia asks global health journalist Andrew Green for his predictions.
Monica Lakhanpaul, professor of integrated community child health at University College London joins Claudia in the studio to discuss new evidence showing that a vaccination for winter virus RSV could cut hospital admissions in children by more than 80%.
And a mobile phone app which has been used to screen people’s coughs in Kenya for signs of TB.
Plus Claudia speaks to British journalist Mike Powell who was diagnosed a year ago with kidney failure as he prepares for transplant.
Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Clare Salisbury Assistant Producer: Jonathan Blackwell Editor: Holly Squire
Opioid overdose antidote made available in US
What happened to babies with Zika virus
Disgraced surgeon appeals prison sentence
Contaminated cough syrup found in Iraq
A closer look at leprosy
Henrietta Lacks’ family settle lawsuit
Playing catch up on childhood immunisations
A new era for Alzheimer’s drugs?
Sickle cell disease: Fighting for the future
Drumming for a healthy life
The future of HIV research in Africa
Healthcare under threat in Myanmar
A step closer to a Chikungunya vaccine
China's Covid-19 lockdown: What happened next?
Uganda's anti-gay law and healthcare
What can we do about back pain?
Home testing kits for disease screening
Giving small babies a better start
Keeping hospitals open in Khartoum
Why we need more black doctors
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