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Health Check

31/08/2013 GMT

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS AfricaLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Europe

The BBC's monthly Health Check with Claudia Hammond and Ayan Panja, focuses on the big global health stories that cross borders and impact on people�s lives around the world. Ten years on since the deadly SARS virus caught the world off guard, Kevin Fong travels to Hong Kong to discover its long-term effect on the region. Meanwhile Claudia finds out how a global network of scientists and doctors are trying to track down and stamp out the next big pandemic before it takes hold. Celeste Hicks meets a Canadian psychologist who's using Skype to deliver therapy to patients living thousands of miles away in Chad. Show less

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