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World Service,13 May 2015,28 mins

SeriesThe Truth About AIDS

AIDS in Britain and America

The Truth About...

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Former UK Health Secretary Lord Fowler focuses on his own experience. When the virus hit Britain, and despite opposition from then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, he pushed through a major public information programme. Now, 30 years later, Lord Fowler travels across the globe to examine a set of simple but effective policies which can keep people safe and healthy - and to inquire why they still meet fierce resistance in some parts of the world. Photo: Aids Activists Rally In Front Of White House (Credit: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

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