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KVIE is far more than television. In fact, we don't think of ourselves as being in the business of television. Our business, rather, is really about ideas, learning, arts and culture, and citizenship. Television is simply the means by which we deliver these resources to our community.

As a public service, we profit by improving the community in which we depend for support. We succeed to the extent that our children learn, our viewers become engaged in matters that concern them, and those within our communities join together in a common cause.
   
 

Rx For Survival: A Global Health Challenge
From November 1 through 3, from 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm, KVIE (Channel 6) will air Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge, a 6-part series narrated by Brad Pitt focusing on the rise and fall of global health care, including the disconnect between technology available and the availability of technology. Of paramount concern are the 6 million children worldwide who die each year from preventable causes.

For more information and for episode descriptions, visit: Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge.

Rx For Child Survival Campaign

To supplement this series, KVIE will produce and broadcast original episodes of ViewFinder - the newest locally produced series from KVIE- further connecting the Rx for Survival mission and global health topics to our viewers' lives.

Outreach Campaign- Coming Soon!
Check back for more on our outreach campaign which will include screenings, panel discussions, photo exhibits and educator guides.

For additional resources to promote learning about global health and motivate people to take meaningful action, check out the Outreach Toolkit.


Accompanying Book: Rx for Survival: Why We Must Rise to the Global Health Challenge

Prize-winning health policy, science and medicine reporter Philip J. Hilts has written a companion book, Rx for Survival: Why We Must Rise to the Global Health Challenge , that follows the documentary trail of the Rx for Survival series. To coincide with the series broadcast, this book will become available at your local Borders bookstore on October 20, 2005 .

EVENTS:
1. Forum on Global Health
October 27 @ 7pm - 9pm
International House, Davis

2. Social & Screening of Rx for Survival
November 1 @ 7pm - 8pm
UCD Buehler Alumni Center - AGR Room

3. Screening of Rx for Survival
November 1 @ 8:30am - 11am
For undergrad and medical students interested in public health
UCD Buehler Alumni Center - AGR Room

4. Rotary Club of Sacramento Lunch Meeting
November 3 @ 12pm
Speaker - Virginia Hinshaw - Avian Flu
KVIE






We are proud to partner with Freedom from Hunger and the
UC Davis Department of Public Health Sciences.




The Rx for Survival Campaign is part of KVIE's Focus on Health Initiative
which is sponsored by the UC Davis Health System.


Major funding for Rx for Child Survival Campaign is provided by
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Merck Company Foundation
through a grant from WGBH.

Questions? Please contact
Arcelia Chávez | KVIE Public Television | 916-641-3649 | achavez@kvie.org