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Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge is a national initiative examining a major global crisis: Global Health.

In recent decades, the pace toward better global health has been slow as diseases such as AIDS and new microbial resistance to modern drugs devastate large populations and make local diseases a global threat.

As a pioneering multimedia project, Rx for Survival raises awareness about pressing global health issues, creates a forum for a national dialogue on the role of the United States and its citizens in addressing these global health issues, and provides a venue for action by civil society.

The cornerstone of the project is a six-part television series presented by WGBH and Vulcan Production Inc., which tells the story of struggle and survival by individuals and communities worldwide.

This unprecedented, national project brings together media and educational coverage from PBS, TIME Magazine and NPR, as well as a book by Phil Hilts, Rx for Survival: Why We Must Rise to the Global Health Challenge, published by Penguin Press.

Awareness and Action
The Rx for Survival project has two goals: Awareness and Action. The Awareness component educates Americans on the importance and urgency of global health issues and solutions.

The Action component is a national outreach campaign, Rx for Child Survival, which focuses on children's health issues and how Americans can help. The campaign provides tools for speaking out, volunteering time and donating to programs that make a difference for children.

Rx for Child Survival

Every child deserves a chance at good health, yet worldwide more than 10 million children under the age of five die each year. Many of these deaths are preventable by providing inexpensive but life-saving interventions, including antibiotics to fight pneumonia and other illnesses; insecticide-treated netting to protect against mosquitoes; oral hydration to prevent diarrhea-related deaths; vaccinations and vitamin A; and micronutrients.

Rx for Child Survival brings together international humanitarian organizations like CARE, Save the Children, UNICEF and the Global Health Council to offer Americans the opportunity to help children around the world live longer and healthier lives.

Vermont Global Health Collaborative
As a part of the Rx for Child Survival outreach campaign, Vermont Public Television (VPT) is one of 20 PBS affiliates around the nation that is implementing a local campaign.

In conjunction with its community partners, VPT will host various educational activities, events and programming (see the Calendar) that offer information about global health issues and — most importantly — direct ways to take action by bridging and connecting local challenges to the global ones.

The Vermont Global Health Collaborative includes the following participants:

Global Health Council
Parent to Parent of Vermont
Population Media Center
Rutland Regional Medical Center
Senator Jim Jeffords
University of Vermont, College of Medicine / Vermont Children's Hospital
Vermont Children's Forum
Vermont Department of Libraries
Vermont Public Television
Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program

Vermont Organizations Doing Global Health Work
Global Health Council
	Based in White River Junction, the Council works to ensure that all who strive for improvement and equity in global health have the information and resources they need to succeed.
Institute for Sustainable Communities
	Based in Montpelier, the Institute helps communities in existing and emerging democracies solve problems while building a better future for themselves and the world.
Population Media Center
	Population Media Center is a Shelburne-based organization that works globally to improve the health and well being of people around the world. This is accomplished through the use of entertainment-education serialized dramas, in which characters evolve into positive role models to bring about behavioral change among audience members.
World Learning at School for International Learning (SIT)
	The World Learning program, based in Brattleboro, prepares students to be interculturally effective leaders, professionals and citizens by fostering a worldwide network of individuals and organizations committed to responsible global citizenship.