In Brazil, many communities are spread out along the labyrinthine miles of rivers and jungles of the Amazon. The inhabitants of these isolated villages are called the Ribeirinhos: the river dwellers. In these tropical lands, it is said that a pregnant woman has one foot in her grave. This is an intimate portrait of three of these dedicated women who welcome life and confront death in a place where the very continuation of life often relies on their leathery hands.
Prògram a tha a' toirt dealbh inntinneach air triùir bhoireannach a tha nam mnathan-glùine ann an coilltean-uisge na h-Amasain.
Carson a tha 15 millean duine a' bàsachadh gach bliadhna bho thinneasan a tha furasta an leigheas? Tha am prògram seo a' toirt sùil air cò as a tha na leigheasan a' tighinn, far a bheil smachd aig companaidhean mòra leigheasan air a' mhargaid - am Big-Pharma mar a th' aca air.
Asking why 15 million people die from easily curable diseases in the Southern Hemisphere every year. Looking at the supply chain of medicines where the market is dominated a small number of multi-national pharmaceutical companies, the so-called Big-Pharma.