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Fighting River Blindness in Uganda alunhill - 16,954 views - 4 months ago
In poor remote communities in the tropics, river blindness (Onchocerciasis) affects 18 million people, 99% of these in Africa. Victims become infected by parasitic worms, which are transmitted by black flies along fast-flowing rivers.

This disease spreads through the body and causes blindness and severe skin rashes. The nation of Uganda has made major commitments to fight this disease in conjunction with The Carter Center in Atlanta. Together, their goal is to completely rid the rivers of these parasites.

Ugandan health authorities have issued a mass treatment program using the drug Mectizan, which kills immature worms in body and relieves itching and halts blindness.

The government is also attacking the black flies that transmit the disease by injecting insecticides into the rivers to destroy the larva that grow on crabs.

For now, the outlook for river blindness is very bright, and there is an opportunity to completely eliminate the parasite.
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Turning Green In Oxford, England alunhill - 1,545 views - 4 months ago
Alun Hill visited England's Oxford to report on a new "green" project - designed by a 22 year old.

He shows how a "reversed" Archimedes screw, powered by a tributary of London's River Thames, is generating electricity for the nearby apartments - and how a special "pipe" laid in the river produces hot water.
He then shows electricity supply meters - which run backwards!
There's also an interview with the young designer himself - 23 year old Henry Reily-Collins.
http://www.Dandridges-Mill.co. uk
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How To Write Adverts alunhill - 1,157 views - 4 months ago
The companies which will get through this world recession are the one's who follow some well-known business rules.

In this film, Alun Hill explains the simple secrets to writing successful adverts.

The rules have been known by professional ad writers for many years, but most business owners have to write their own adverts - and haven't had the benefit of this type of knowledge.

Have a pen and paper ready to take notes!

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Ragusa, Sicily, Italy alunhill - 2,385 views - 7 months ago
A walk through Ragusa, Sicily, Italy. Alun Hill, MCIJ
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Travel to La Paz Bolivia: Tiwanaku, chacaltaya, titicaca lake FullTuris... - 4,590 views - 1 year ago
This video shows some touristic places like Lake Titicaca, Island of the Sun, Tiwanaku, Coroico, The death road and much more...
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Bolivian Car Insurance - Lonely Planet Travel Video LonelyPlanet - 50,713 views - 1 year ago
Every weekend in Copacabana, lucky locals bring their new cars to church for a baptism. After they've dressed the car up in flowers and doused it in champagne, the priest comes around and blesses it (for a small donation, of course). It's certainly cheaper and more fun than car insurance! Bolivia video.
Produced by Lauren Saffa for Lonelyplanet.tv
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Travel The World With Independent Travel Writer.com and Alun Hill, MCIJ. Visit some well known sites - and see many of Alun's lesser known personal favourites. Also see what hotel rooms are really like as Alun takes you on a tour of his favourite hotels.
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Channel Comments (10)
autoinsurancequotes1 (1 month ago)
river blindness is not only a concern i Africa, but also in Haiti and Cambodia
hbsjcd3 (1 month ago)
Love the video on "river blindness" It really opened up my awareness on this decease.
JohnMerrick93 (9 months ago)
But SEXYWHITEKITTEN, your remark is racist.
SEXYWHITEKITTEN (10 months ago)
everyone that are polish are rascist and stuck up that's the truth!
JohnMerrick93 (1 year ago)
Yes it is similar to French in that the way the verbs effect the words, but Polish is more closely related to the Slavic languages
VinylProductions (1 year ago)
Just thought i would explain the "extra letters" as you put it in your visit poland video. Unlike english polish verbs and nouns decline using endings to distinguish the difference so the reason they add extra j's etc... is to make it agree with the subject. It is rather like french but some what more complicated making it slightly difficult for an english person to learn but when you have the concept it isn't that hard.
KrazzyGuy08 (1 year ago)
Poland and Italy look like nice places
flygirl7777 (2 years ago)
hit me up please
homegirl4uu (2 years ago)
i know my cam quality sucks sorry
fingfangfoo (2 years ago)
I really like Train Travel In Poland and EuroPride London 2006 Part 2 of 4, alunhill