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Rx for Survival A Global Health Challenge
Tri-County Health Department joins Rocky Mountain PBS in promoting the powerful public health documentary series "Prescription for Survival - A Global Health Challenge" This groundbreaking project examines what makes us sick, what keeps us healthy and what it would take to improve health across the globe. This special airs on Rocky Mountain PBS - and nationwide - for three nights, Nov 1 - 3 from 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm. Links to More Information: • Rx for Survival Website • Rocky Mountain PBS Website • WGBH Boston Website • Tri-County Health Department Homepage • State Health Department • Find Your Local Health Department • Centers for Disease Control & Prevention • Fight the Bite - West Nile Virus Campaign • Immunize Colorado's Kids Campaign • Flu Shot Clinics Across Colorado • Colorado AIDS Project • Colorado's Tuberculosis Program • Local and U.S. Public Health Resources • News Release • Fact Sheet • Comments / Contact Us		From vaccines to antibiotics, clean water to nutrition, HIV/AIDS to avian influenza, the six-part series Rx for Survival tells the compelling stories of public health champions and the communities they strive to protect. With historical dramatic sequences and current documentary stories, the series showcases key milestones in public health alongside the modern challenges of global pandemics. Rx for Survival highlights the numerous public health breakthroughs and interventions that have more than doubled life expectancy in developed countries within the past century. It also explores how the lack of access to basic health interventions leaves many impoverished countries plagued by preventable diseases. Rx for Survival PBS website and seven-minute preview (Website) Rx for Survival will be available on DVD and VHS in December, wherever videos are sold.		This program is more than just a documentary. The producers have created partnerships with media, universities and public health agencies across the globe. A simultaneous media effort will reach over 100 million Americans, promoting public health and making a difference... TIME magazine special report on global health, published Oct 31st. (TIME - Global Health Summit) (TIME - Public Health Archives) National Public Radio will feature public health programs. (NPR) PBS' NOW presents a companion broadcast on Nov. 4th. (NOW) Viewers can make a difference by donating to the Rx for Child Survival Campaign (Rx for Children) Companion Book (Penguin Press) Learn more about the health, media and educational partners supporting this series. (Partners) Print a Fact Sheet (Fact Sheet) This public health series is supported and promoted by Tri-County Health Department. No taxpayer dollars have been used to compensate Rocky Mountain PBS or purchase advertising on the broadcast.