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18/07/2014 GMT

This month's Health Check focuses on stories about the rise of antibiotic resistance - including how pilgrimages in India can help us understand the spread of resistance genes.

This month's Health Check focuses on stories about the rise of antibiotic resistance - including how pilgrimages in India can help us understand the spread of resistance genes.

Also on the programme, a charity in India is helping the poorest in the community access oral rehydration therapy, simple but effective in treating diarrhoeal dehydration, and research showing that new-born babies can still benefit from a delay in cutting their umbilical cord whilst being safe in their mothers' arms.

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Claudia Hammond and Dr Ayan Panja look at the latest and best global health stories.