Underplayed Gems

Malaria! (2002)

Malaria! poster
Directed by
Simon Plum, Anders Østergaard
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
46 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary examines the global fight against malaria. It follows a Danish doctor who spent decades trying to eradicate the disease. The film shows the daily struggle in a children's ward in Tanzania and the role of pharmaceutical companies in the crisis.

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What happens

Malaria! er en film instrueret af Anders Østergaard og Simon Plum. 300 børn under fem år dør af sygdommen malaria - hver time, alle døgnets timer, hele ugen. Sådan behøvede det ikke være. Speciallæge Søren Jepsen har i 30 år bekæmpet malaria. Han fortæller om sin lykkelige tid som ung læge, da man troede, malaria én gang for alle kunne udryddes. Men lægelige og politiske fejlgreb fik sygdommen til at vende tifold tilbage. Filmen følger den desperate hverdag på en børneafdeling i Tanzania og ser på, hvordan medicinalindustrien har vendt ryggen til problemet nu, hvor det er større end nogensinde. På Rigshospitalet har man fundet et lovende malariamiddel, men de multinationale firmaer vil hellere investere i medicin til den rige vestlige verden. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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