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Nearly 25 million people in sub-Saharan Africa have the HIV virus. There are half a million AIDS orphans in Malawi alone - 1 in 6 primary school children. Doctors, nurses and teachers are dying faster than they can be replaced. 13-year-old Madalitso dreams of becoming a doctor but as one of the AIDS...

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Other Authors: Veitch, Andrew (Producer) (Director, Narrator, Producer), Sitaram, Anya (Producer), Wilson, Richard (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: London : SW Pictures Ltd., 2009.
Series:Current affairs in video
Who's afraid of HIV?
Subjects:
HIV infections > Malawi.
HIV infections > Treatment > Malawi.
AIDS (Disease) > Malawi.
AIDS (Disease) > Treatment > Malawi.
HIV-positive persons > Malawi.
Infections à VIH > Malawi.
Infections à VIH > Traitement > Malawi.
Sida > Malawi.
Sida > Traitement > Malawi.
Séropositifs > Malawi.
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease) > Treatment
HIV infections
HIV infections > Treatment
HIV-positive persons
Malawi
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Summary:Nearly 25 million people in sub-Saharan Africa have the HIV virus. There are half a million AIDS orphans in Malawi alone - 1 in 6 primary school children. Doctors, nurses and teachers are dying faster than they can be replaced. 13-year-old Madalitso dreams of becoming a doctor but as one of the AIDS orphans this may be an impossible goal.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Jul. 9, 2013).
Physical Description:1 online resource (23 min.).
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