Summit plea for action on AIDS

Title

Summit plea for action on AIDS

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

28 Jan 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:04:24

Description

Alec(?) Goulden reports on an international meeting in London where health ministers from nearly 150 nations have ended their 3 day summit to prevent the spread of AIDS with the signing of a London declaration. The proposals included a commitment to use education to combat the deadly disease. Includes excerpt from declaration read by female speaker (not identified); interview with UK health minister, Tony Newton; speeches by Dr Paul Volberding; Dr Charles Vella.

Contributors

Tony Newton; Paul Volberding; Charles Vella; Alec(?) Goulden

Keywords

London; Conferences; Diseases; AIDS; HIV; AIDS education; Virus diseases

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