Bayard Roberts, Sian Clarke, Sandy Cairncross, Claire Bertschinger and more - 11 August 2008

Derek Thorne and Peter Goodwin talk with: Bayard Roberts, Siân Clarke, Sandy Cairncross, Claire Bertschinger and Virginia Berridge of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine about:

depression and post traumatic stress disorder in war-torn northern Uganda and the lessons to be drawn from a research project there;

the unexpected additional value of using malaria drugs at regular intervals among school children in Kenya;

the key role of sanitation in preventing infant deaths all over the world and what is being done to improve it;

the life and work of the nurse who inspired Band Aid and Live Aid, as she receives an honorary doctorate;

the "marketing" of health to the British public, as illustrated by the way attitudes to smoking have changed over the years.