# The New Healers

Describes programs designed to bring medical services to the rural poor in Tanzania and Lee County, Arkansas. Both programs rely on health workers with only a few months training who provide basic medication and first aid. They also educate the population in sanitation practices designed to reduce the spread of disease. 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : 1/2 in Ruby Dee Photographers, Peter Hoving, Soren Kloch ; editor, Martin Ostrow ; musical director, Newt Wayland

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1977
- By: Paula S Apsell, Edward Goldwyn, John Angier, King Features Entertainment, Inc., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/TheNewHealers)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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