Where the roads end

“Where the roads end” is a documentary that tells the story of a young doctor who travels to the other side of the world, Papua New Guinea.

There, on a small island in the middle of the Pacific, one of the most important medical discoveries of the last decades is made. A treatment that could eradicate a disease that affects millions of people, Yaws. This disease, which is transmitted by direct skin-to-skin contact, affects children in particular, it causes ulcers and can lead to bone deformation.

Yaws is endemic to many regions of Africa, South Asia, South America and parts of the Pacific. It affects more than 40 million people worldwide.