News Release

Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge' on PBS features SPH faculty commentary.

October 31, 2005 press release from the University of Michigan School of Public Health

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Beginning November 1, 2005, on Michigan Television, UM SPH faculty will discuss episodes of PBS's "Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge." The six-part PBS series was filmed in more than 20 countries around the world and tells the stories of global health champions and their communities. In episodes two and six, SPH faculty member Howard Markel is among those interviewed.

Michigan Television has produced interstitial segments that will air at station breaks during "Rx for Survival" on channel 28 (digital channel 52) in southeast and mid-Michigan. In these interstitials, host Todd Mundt explores local, national, and international public health issues with members of UM SPHfaculty.

If you'd like to watch the locally produced interviews online anytime, you'll find them via Michigan Television's website:
http://www.michigantelevision.org/rx/index.html

Episodes 1 and 2
"Disease Warriors" and "Rise of the Superbugs"
8:57pm Opening conversation with MATTHEW BOULTON
9:57pm Conversation with GARY FREED
10:57pm Conversation with BETSY FOXMAN

Episodes 3 and 4
"Delivering the Goods" and "Deadly Messengers"
9:57pm Conversation with SIOBAN HARLOW
10:57pm Conversation with MARK WILSON

Episodes 5 and 6
"Back to the Basics" and "How Safe Are We?"
9:57pm Conversation with AMY SCHULZ
10:57pm Closing conversation with MATTHEW BOULTON

Contact: Terri Mellow, director of communications
Phone: (734) 764-8094
E-mail: twm@umich.edu