The Amazon Rainforest

Lucy Jordan travels to manas, a city in the middle of the amazon rain forest. She learns about how and why environmental destruction could potentially lead to diseases spilling over from the animal to the human population. In this part of the programme, i'll be looking at how poverty in the city contributes to potential exposure to disease. I'll also meeting up with alexandranava, a scientist at the fia cruz amazonia. Bya bank.