Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge Disease Warriors (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary

Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge

Disease Warriors (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary

Before there was an understanding of infectious disease, few weapons were available to fight it. Disease Warriors chronicles the groundbreaking work of early researchers, such as the famed scientist Louis Pasteur, who unmasked germs as the...See moreBefore there was an understanding of infectious disease, few weapons were available to fight it. Disease Warriors chronicles the groundbreaking work of early researchers, such as the famed scientist Louis Pasteur, who unmasked germs as the source of illness. Pasteur went on to develop a rabies vaccine - a great scientific triumph. Today, vaccines have made huge strides against epidemics, conquering smallpox and bringing the global eradication of polio within reach. But the world still faces major challenges in getting basic vaccines to those who still need them, and in creating new ones to combat modern nemeses, like AIDS. See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Brad Pitt Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Fight Club (1999)
Eric Carte Edward Jenner Edward Jenner See fewer	Johnny English Reborn (2011)
William Foege Self (as Dr. Bill Foege) Self (as Dr. Bill Foege) See fewer	Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge (2005)
David Heymann Self (as Dr. David Heymann) Self (as Dr. David Heymann) See fewer	Horizon (I) (1964)
John Hug Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur See fewer	Space: 1999 (1975)
Jack O'Conner James Phipps James Phipps See fewer	Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge (2005)
Ellis Ozols Joseph Meister Joseph Meister See fewer	Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge (2005)
Naysan Sahba Self Self See fewer	Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge (2005)
Charles Wachihi Self (as Dr. Charles Wachihi) Self (as Dr. Charles Wachihi) See fewer	Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge (2005)