BBC Radio Podcasts from The Truth About...
Dying in Comfort in Mongolia
The Mongolian matriarch who is helping people with terminal liver cancer die in comfort
Failing Gracefully
The role technology plays in high-risk systemsand what it means for healthcare
Going Lean: Health and the Toyota Way
Kevin Fong explores how car manufacturing is helping healthcare
“Faster, Better, Cheaper”
Kevin Fong explores the success and failure of NASA’s missions to Mars
The Business of Failure
Dr Kevin Fong explores the problems with the US air ambulance industry.
AIDS in the Philippines
Dr Margarita Holmes examines the ethical and personal dilemmas facing people with HIV
AIDS in Uganda
Leading Ugandan doctor, Peter Mugyenyi, on the realities of HIV therapy in his country
AIDS in Russia and Australia
What works - and what doesn't - when it comes to tackling HIV/Aids?
AIDS in Britain and America
Lord Fowler asks why some nations are failing to reduce the harm from HIV/Aids.
The Fight Against Aids
The breakthroughs that have transformed Aids from a death sentence to a treatable disease
The Truth About Diabetes Debate
A live debate on the impact of diabetes on world health and options for action.
Diabetes: Sugar, Death and Taxes
Mexico’s government has introduced the first-ever sugary drinks tax to combat diabetes
Diabetes: Challenge in the Bronx
In New York, Hispanics, blacks and other ethnic minorities suffer high rates of diabetes.
Diabetes: Nothing Good to Eat
Tonga - where obesity is the norm, and over 36% of adults suffer from type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes: South Asia Time Bomb
Anu Anand discovers why South Asians, like herself, are more at risk of type 2 diabetes.
Life and Death: Bereavement Without a Body
The Cypriots grieving for loved ones still yet to be found
Life and Death: When Are we Dead?
The pivotal role religion plays in decisions about death and dying in Israel
Life and Death: What is Killing Us?
India’s One Million Deaths project studies how people die to help the living
Life and Death: Babies' Minds
Why babies' laughter is key to how their minds work
Life and Death: Born Too Soon
Claudia Hammond investigates how to save the lives of premature babies
Life and Death: Fertility on a Shoestring
The programmes offering infertility treatment at a fraction of the cost in South Africa
Mental Health: Hikikomori
Claudia Hammond travels to Japan to investigate a condition known as hikikomori.
Mental Health: Treatment Gap
The projects helping to bridge the gap in mental health treatment around the world
Mental Health: Healing Norway
Norway’s novel attempts to heal its citizens two years from the Anders Breivik murders
Mental Health: Four Walls
Psychologists and political prisoners reveal how to stay sane in solitary confinement
Mental Health: Children and War
Protecting young minds – the impact of war and conflict on children
Mental Health: Mad or Sad
Is mental illness universal, or tightly bound to the culture in which we live?