Documentary film on schistosomiasis shown on BBC WorldIn early 2004, BBC World commissioned the TV production company
Rockhopper to prepare a series of 8 documentaries each presenting a view on
a different tropical disease. The diseases selected were malaria,
schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, tuberculosis, kala-azar, polio,
hepatitis B, and diarrhoea. Each programme was a 25 minute in-depth study of
a particular aspect of the selected disease, and the programme on
schistosomiasis was made with the assistance of SCI staff and Ugandan
collaborators. The Ugandan national control programme and their field
officer Dr Frances Kazibwe came over very well in the programme. The series
was shown on BBC World which probably reached several million homes
worldwide. Copies of these programmes may be purchased directly from
Rockhopper. |