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Health Check

23/02/2014 GMT

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS AfricaLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Middle East

Claudia Hammond and Dr Ayan Panja focus on our senses - those human abilities which help us to work out what's going on in the world. Half of a village in Ethiopia is saved from going blind - by a simple screening programme.
The peaceful hospital ward that's soothing babies born early to help them sleep and grow. And what scientists can discover - by sniffing someone's ear. Show less

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