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World Service,30 Mar 1994,13 mins

AIDS - Battling Taboos

Health Matters

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Oral health week; AIDS ignorance; and cognitive therapy for people with mental illness. The World Health Organisation is on a mission to eradicate tooth decay and gum disease. Also in the programme, why Ethiopian doctors are trying to encourage people to talk about AIDS; and how cognitive therapy is used alongside drugs to help people with severe mental illnesses.

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