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Philippines: The City with Too Many People

Unreported World · Season 11 · Episode 13
Manila is one of the world's most overpopulated cities.

Reporter Jenny Kleeman and director Richard Cookson find the Philippine capital stretched to breaking point, with mothers four to a bed in maternity wards, primary schools with a thousand children in each year, and graveyards with no more room to bury the dead.

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Season
11
Episode
13
Air Date
15/Oct/2010
Air Time
19:30
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Manila is one of the world's most overpopulated cities.

Reporter Jenny Kleeman and director Richard Cookson find the Philippine capital stretched to breaking point, with mothers four to a bed in maternity wards, primary schools with a thousand children in each year, and graveyards with no more room to bury the dead.

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