Kill or Cure - Avoiding Cholera - Trailer
Striking in areas where vaccines tend to be out of reach, the 2005 Indian Ocean tsunami produced fears of an immediate cholera epidemic. But one district in southern India showed the world how to defy the odds — clearing contaminated debris and working with UNICEF to distribute clean water, thus keeping cholera at bay without the help of drugs. This film travels to Tamil Nadu where aid workers describe their experiences and viewers get perspective on how horrifying such an outbreak could have been. In addition, viewers are shown how genetic engineering in the U.S. might lead to more effective cholera prevention. One fascinating scene presents a “map” of the cholera genome, focusing on its toxic components.
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Avoiding Cholera is part of the multiple documentary series KILL OR CURE. All the films in this series are on the SWPictures website.
Kill or Cure looks at diseases that are no threat in developed nations, but claim tens of millions of lives every year in developing countries. Modern, effective treatments targeting affluent westerners are too expensive for the world’s poor. Old drugs are cheap but resistance is spreading very fast. In some cases the only drugs available kill up to one in 10 of the patients who take them. Kill or Cure covers the hunt for effective and affordable treatments for populations earning less than a few dollars a day.