Synopsis
Documentary series about the effect of medicine on life expectancy. How the readiness of communities to engage with public messaging can have a significant impact on the spread of disease.
- Programme: Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
- Episode: 04: Behaviour
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2021
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