Kill or Cure - Controlling Japanese Encephalitis - Trailer
At an overwhelmed hospital in Uttar Pradesh, India, young children struggle for their lives. The threat initially appears like the flu or other illnesses, so it often goes misdiagnosed and treated with useless antibiotics until a more experienced doctor sees the patient. By then, it is often too late to prevent either death or severe brain damage. The film provides a glimpse of an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in India while offering hope through a look at innovative diagnostic work in Malaysia. Viewers meet Dr. Jane Cardosa of the University of Malaysia, Sarawak, who is trying to simplify the diagnosis process. Options for new vaccine development, vital to the battle against this mosquito-borne disease, are also explored.
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Controlling Japanese Encephalitis 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.