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World Service,15 May 1997,28 mins

Surviving AIDS - Part Four

African Perspective

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Myths, misconceptions, denial and the damage that negative stereotypes have caused in Africa. Also on the programme: placing blame on witchcraft, risky practices used in it and the role of traditional healers in tackling the spread of HIV, emerging from civil war to tackle HIV in Mozambique, the stigma of the disease and the exploitation of those desperate for a cure. Presented by Bola Olufunwa and Adam Lusekelo. (Part three of Surviving AIDS is missing)

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