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From Docklands to Dhaka (3/30)


This is also part of this series: Life Series I & II (30)

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Subjects: Geography, Global Issues, Globalization, Health Issues, Human Rights, India, Medicine, Sociology

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: Bullfrog Films
Closed Captioned: No
Running Time: 30 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 2000
Available in French: No

Sam Everington is a GP in Bromley-by-Bow, one of the poorest districts of London. Four out of ten of his patients are from Bangladesh. Sam passionately believes community health involves not just treating illness, but working with local people on jobs, housing, and education. But with far worse poverty back in Bangladesh, Sam has always wondered whether lessons learnt in London will work across the globe. In this program, Sam travels to Bangladesh for the first time to find out.

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