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
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New way of giving lifesaving drug in childbirth
Women aren’t being promoted in healthcare
Could armpit sweat help tackle anxiety?
How giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy
Obesity drug: New hope for weight loss?
How to cope with earthquake trauma
Vaccines: A tale of the unexpected
Supporting Ukrainian children
Biting back: The fight against snakebite
Can heat affect mental health?
Back from the brink
After the floods
The ‘Endo-Monster inside me’
Family’s gene therapy journey
Regret
Can you knit away your worries?
Biggest health stories of the year
Liver drug could be repurposed for Covid
How words can save lives
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