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Living with AIDS

Sorious Samura, a European journalist of African descent, volunteered to work as an orderly at Lewanik Hospital in Zambia. A majority of patients there are HIV positive. Confronted daily with death, he describes his workplace as being like a frontline war zone where the staff must cope with filthy conditions, no supplies, and interrupted water supply. Samura exposes how poverty, African culture and sexuality are hampering efforts to eradicate this disease. He delivers a scathing condemnation of the irresponsibility of African men regarding sexual matters.

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  • "Sorious Samura, a European journalist of African descent, volunteered to work as an orderly in a hospital in Zambia. The majority of the hospital's patients are HIV positive. Confronted daily with death, he describes his workplace as being like a frontline war zone. The staff works under horrendous conditions where protective gloves are a luxury and shrouds for the dead are stained with the blood of previous corpses. On some days the running water stops after only an hour or two in the morning.Samura exposes the untold story of AIDS; how poverty and the complex nature of African culture and sexuality are hampering efforts to eradicate this horrifying disease. After one month, he is left with the realization that if the war against HIV in Africa is to be won, poverty, ignorance and African sexual attitudes have to be tackled in the bluntest possible manner. He delivers a scathing condemnation of the irresponsibility of African men regarding sexual matters."
  • "African journalist Sorious Samura travels to Zambia where over a million people live with either the HIV virus or Aids. Samura works as an orderly in a state-run hospital there for a month to get a clearer picture of what's happening. While working at the hospital he lives with a family sufrering from HIV / Aids. It becomes clear to Samura that sexual attitudes, especially among African men, is playing a large part in the spread of the virus as promiscuity is seen as success for men. Samura believes that it will only be in breaking these attitudes that real change will come about in the threat to African lives of the HIV virus."
  • "Sorious Samura works for a month in a Zambian hospital getting firsthand knowledge of the AIDS epidemic and its impact on the African continent. He sees the harsh conditions that the doctors and nurses must endure in order to help their patients. However, he concludes that although poverty and sexual taboos of African culture contribute to the relentless spread of this disease, African men who have multiple sexual partners without protection are preventing efforts to eradicate this disease."
  • "Sorious Samura, a European journalist of African descent, volunteered to work as an orderly at Lewanik Hospital in Zambia. A majority of patients there are HIV positive. Confronted daily with death, he describes his workplace as being like a frontline war zone where the staff must cope with filthy conditions, no supplies, and interrupted water supply. Samura exposes how poverty, African culture and sexuality are hampering efforts to eradicate this disease. He delivers a scathing condemnation of the irresponsibility of African men regarding sexual matters."@en
  • "Sorious Samura is a European journalist of African descent who works for a month in a Zambian hospital getting firsthand knowledge of the AIDS epidemic and its impact on the African continent. He sees the harsh conditions that the doctors and nurses must endure in order to help their patients. However, he concludes that although poverty and sexual taboos of African culture contribute to the relentless spread of this disease, African men who have multiple sexual partners without protection are preventing efforts to eradicate this disease."
  • "Sorious Samura, a European journalist of African descent, volunteered to work as an orderly in a hospital in Zambia. The majority of the hospital's patients are HIV positive. Confronted daily with death, he describes his workplace as being like a frontline war zone. The staff works under horrendous conditions where protective gloves are a luxury and shrouds for the dead are stained with the blood of previous corpses. On some days the running water stops after only an hour or two in the morning. Samura exposes the untold story of AIDS; how poverty and the complex nature of African culture and sexuality are hampering efforts to eradicate this horrifying disease. After one month, he is left with the realization that if the war against HIV in Africa is to be won, poverty, ignorance and African sexual attitudes have to be tackled in the bluntest possible manner. He delivers a scathing condemnation of the irresponsibility of African men regarding sexual matters."@en
  • "Sorious Samura works for a month in a Zambian hospital getting firsthand knowledge of the AIDS epidemic and its impact on the African continent. He sees the harsh conditions that the doctors and nurses must endure in order to help their patients. However, he concludes that although poverty and sexual taboos of African culture contribute to the relentless spread of this disease, African men who have multiple sexual partners without protection are preventing efforts to eradicate this disease."@en
  • "Award-winning African journalist Sorious Samura travels to Zambia where over a million people are living with HIV/AIDS. He asks why AIDS is destroying his continent and whether Africans have it in their power to stop the spread of the disease."@en
  • "Award-winning African journalist Sorious Samura travels to Zambia where over a million people are living with HIV/AIDS. He asks why AIDS is destroying his continent and whether Africans have it in their power to stop the spread of the disease."

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  • "Documentary films"
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  • "Documentary television programs"
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  • "Social problem television programs"
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  • "Documentary"
  • "Videocassettes"
  • "Nonfiction films"

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  • "Living with AIDS"@en
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  • "Living with Aids"@en
  • "Living with Aids"
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