Why Save the Children? In 1983 the World Health Organisation and Unicef joined forces in a global effort to rid the planet of diphtheria, measles, polio, tuberculosis, whooping cough and tetanus - the diseases that cause most deaths in young children. But can it be done? Is it even wise to save a baby from TB or polio if it is doomed to die later from starvation? This three-part documentary series tells the moving story of the Task
Force for Child Survival filmed in Africa, India, Yemen, South America and Europe as the immunising army moved in. Series producer Gill Barnes
An InCA production for BBCtv
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