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hello, and welcome to witness history, with me, pumza fihlani, here in johannesburg. this time, well be getting first—hand accounts from five important moments in the history of healthcare. coming up — how, in the 19705, chinese scientists used an ancient herbal remedy to find a cure for malaria. the german psychiatrist who first identified alzheimers disease. and pakistans angel of mercy, abdul sattar edhi, whose charity provides healthcare to millions. but we start here in south ...

as an excuse to build new coal mines. he was speaking at a un climate change summit where delegates are seeking ways of changing climate change emissions. now on bbc news, it is time for witness history. hello, and welcome to witness history, with me, pumza fihlani, here in johannesburg. this time, well be getting first—hand accounts from five important moments in the history of healthcare. coming up — how, in the 1970s, chinese scientists used an ancient herbal remedy to find a cu...

it was the main event on the second of four days of celebrations to mark the platinum jubilee. as well as thejubilee celebrations, it has been a poignant day in london for those remembering the london bridge attack. its five years since eight people were killed and 48 injured. on saturday, people gathered at southwark cathedral as a permanent memorial was dedicated to those lives lost. guy lynn reports. on the evening of the third of june, 2017, eight people lost their lives. june, 201...

hello, and welcome to witness history, with me, pumza fihlani, here in johannesburg. this time, well be getting first—hand accounts from five important moments in the history of healthcare. coming up — how, in the 1970s, chinese scientists used an ancient herbal remedy to find a cure for malaria. the german psychiatrist who first identified alzheimers disease. and pakistans angel of mercy, abdul sattar edhi, whose charity provides healthcare to millions. but we start here in south ...

A single tablet of nevirapine, which costs about 10 rand, can save children from hiv. it was as simple as this to prevent a new hiv infection and to save a life. and injuly of 2002, the constitutional court ordered the government to supply these medicines to pregnant women who had hiv. the steps that have to be taken to comply with the order that we make should be taken without delay. it was another very, very emotional moment, and after wed won, we were in a much stronger position to say that t...

Nullified and our struggle had to continue. six months later, we were back on the streets, we were protesting, we had to launch a new court case — this time against our government — over the question of access to drugs that prevent mother—to—child hiv transmission. the intervention was so simple and so cheap... a single tablet of nevirapine, which costs about 10 rand, can save children from hiv. it was as simple as this to prevent a new hiv infection and to save a life. and injuly of 200...

A single tablet of nevirapine, which costs about 10 rand, can save children from hiv. it was as simple as this to prevent a new hiv infection and to save a life. and injuly of 2002, the constitutional court ordered the government to supply these medicines to pregnant women who had hiv. the steps that have to be taken to comply with the order that we make should be taken without delay. it was another very, very emotional moment, and after wed won, we were in a much stronger position to say that t...

Because our president, president mbeki, had begun questioning whether hiv caused aids. its the misunderstanding about the science of this question. and so, they did not make these drugs available, even though they could now afford to make the drugs available through our public health service. so, the victory was almost nullified and our struggle had to continue. six months later, we were back on the streets, we were protesting, we had to launch a new court case — this time against our governme...