WS MoreOrLess: Measuring World Health
More or Less: Behind the Stats
English - March 14, 2015 15:00 - 9 minutes - 8.76 MB - ★★★★★ - 740 ratingsNews Education Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Babies born in Rwanda are likely to live healthier lives than those in the most deprived 10% of England, according to recent reports. But does the data back this up? And how is "good health" measured across the world? Hannah Moore and Wesley Stephenson explore the numbers with Professor David Gordon from Bristol University’s International Poverty Research Centre.
This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.