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  1. How to Survive a Plague (2014)

    Director
    David France
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £12.99

    Filmmaker David France tracks the efforts made by activist groups ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) to convince the government and the pharmaceutical industry to speed up human trials of experimental...

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  2. Fire in the Blood (2014)

    Director
    Dylan Gray
    Subject
    Medical sciences; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 84 minutes), £6.98

    FIRE IN THE BLOOD tells the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments aggressively blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs for the countries of Africa and the global south after 1996,...

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  3. AIDS: Evolution of an Epidemic (2007)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 240 minutes), free

    Recording of a lecture from HHMI’s 2007 Holiday Lectures on Science. Can AIDS be cured? Why has it been so hard to develop a vaccine against HIV? How are new medicines revolutionizing AIDS treatment? In...

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  4. Life Cycle: A Story of AIDS in Malawi (2003)

    Director
    Doug Karr; Sierra Bellows
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 57 minutes), $219.00 [Institutional rate]

    This film explores the themes of sex, witchcraft, poverty, death and religion in relation to AIDS. Shot over eight months and encompassing both the depth and breadth of a culture under siege, LIFE CYCLES...

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  5. Open Secret 1 (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 2000 sale: £35.00 (inclusive)

    Video-based pack describing how the people, political leaders and government agencies of Uganda have breached the wall of silence surrounding the HIV epidemic to achieve greater openness about HIV/AIDS than...

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  6. Valley of Life or Death, The (2000 Video)

    Producer
    Adrian Pennink
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Investigates the belief that circumcision can protect men from HIV, and asks whether it is tribal superstition or genuine scientific hope. Many in Africa are being led seek backstreet circumcisions in a...

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  7. Under the Mupundu Tree (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 35 min., 2000 sale: £35.00 (inclusive)

    Describes how, in 23 low-income communities in Zambia’s copper belt, over 500 volunteers are in the front line of a programme that has successfully integrated tuberculosis control into community-based home...

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  8. Hiv/Aids Counselling: The Taso Experience (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassettes. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (inclusive)

    A training video for HIV/AIDS counsellors via the TASO approach, which presents case studies of three clients and the work of three experienced counsellors. It outlines the attitudes and skills required to...

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  9. Killer Virus (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Looks at the increasing threat posed by new viruses: the Ebola virus, which struck in Zaire in 1995; hanta in the USA, dengue fever in South America, a virus from the Amazon that eats its victims’ lungs;...

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  10. Moments of Decision (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Free loan to members, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min.

    Draws on personal experiences of individuals with HIV to highlight the difficulties and importance of complying with combination anti-HIV treatment. Animation sequences illustrate concepts such as viral...

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