Health crisis in Sudan
Do people experiencing depression have worse period pain? How climate change is enabling ticks to hitch a ride on migrating birds; could hot chocolate benefit stressed people?
As the war in Sudan leads to multiple health crises in the country, we look at what can be done to improve the situation. Also on the show, is climate change helping disease-carrying ticks to spread beyond their usual range by an unusual method 鈥� migrating birds? And hot chocolate: it鈥檚 delicious, but in certain circumstances, could it also help to improve your vascular health? Claudia Hammond is joined by health reporter Laura Foster to explore these topics and more.
Image: WFP trucks carry aid to Darfur and other famine-stricken parts through the Adre Border crossing
Image Credit: Abubakar Garelnabei/Reuters
Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Katie Tomsett and Margaret Sessa-Hawkins
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