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The African Journal of AIDS Research is a peer-reviewed medical journal published in 2002 by the National Inquiry Services Centre (Grahamstown, South Africa) on topics related to understanding the social dimensions to AIDS in Africa.
The Lazarus Effect is a 2010 documentary film about the positive impact of free antiretroviral drug therapy on HIV/AIDS patients in Africa. It was directed by Lance Bangs, and executive produced by Spike Jonze, after an organizer from AIDS awareness group Red suggested the project to them. [2]
The Gift is a 2003 documentary film by filmmaker Louise Hogarth documenting the phenomenon of deliberate HIV infection; such practices are known colloquially as bugchasing, for seeking and providing voluntary HIV infection, respectively. The film follows the stories of two "bug chasers" who are seeking "the gift" of HIV infection.
Last year, 1.3 million people became newly infected with HIV and 630,000 died from AIDS-related illnesses, according to UNAIDS. (Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
The film also documents the underground market for HIV drugs: many people relied on drugs imported from other countries, which were believed to potentially slow down the HIV virus despite not being FDA-approved. At the time, the only drug available to slow the progression of HIV was AZT, which in many cases was toxic to HIV-infected people. The ...
House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic is a 2009 film directed, produced, and hosted by Brent Leung and described by him as an objective examination of the idea that HIV causes AIDS. [1] The film argues that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is harmless and does not cause acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), a position known as AIDS ...
A category for films (theatrical and television) in which AIDS or HIV is a significant plot element or which include one or more characters with AIDS or HIV. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. endorsed the film in the HIV community with his cover story in the monthly magazine POZ: “From slavery to segregation to HIV, the Southern United States sadly has traded one societal ill for another. The documentary deepsouth sheds new light on why the region has not overcome its struggle to break free of AIDS.” [10]