Written by Jan Powell; filming Alain Pentucci; Editor Laurent Graenicher.
Switzerland: International committee of the Red Cross, 2008.
1 videodisc: digital: sound, color: 8 min; 12 cm.
Red Cross and Red Crescent. Red Cross and Red Crescent Congresses. First Aid in illness and injury. Medical emergencies.
CD HV563 P69 2008
Library of Congress Classification / CD/DVD
3acku000458595
Video record is in English, François, and international languages.
More details in two languages in back cover of disk.
“TB behind bars: In parts of central Asia, rates of tuberculosis have reached record levels. Rates are particularly high in prisons where the disease spreads easily. Worse still, new strains are emerging which do not respond to normal treatment. In some cases, a spell in prison could mean a death sentence. But in Kyrgyzstan, a new treatment programme is giving hope to prisoners infected with the deadly, drug – resistant forms of TB.”—back cover.