HIV/AIDS
In an earlier post I highlighted the excellent video produced by Media Storm on the Rape of a nation and the plight of the Democratic republic of Congo.
I have watched an number of the videos on this site and another called Bloodline has stunned me with its quality and relevance.
This is not a comfortable video to watch, but then its not intended to be. It a simple montage of Black and white & colour images, with short videos, spoken by the casualties of HIV in Africa this stunning 12 minute video shows the realities of this disease from an all to human perspective.
Some of the content does deal with prostitution, but this is an all to real reality for the women of sub Saharan Africa. So the content of this video maybe unsuitable for younger classes.
We often see HIV/AIDS from the perspective of Maps and Graphs.
Source: http://gamapserver.who.int/mapLibrary/Files/Maps/HIVPrevalenceGlobal2006.png
These give us a global perspective, but this video gives us a human view
Here are some resources for Maps, Graphs and statictics:
World health Organisation
http://www.who.int/hiv/countries/en/index.html - HIV Main page
“In this section, you will find comprehensive information on 47 countries that have been effectively implementing HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention scale-up. The country profiles have been updated in December 2005.”
http://www.who.int/globalatlas/default.asp - Global Health Atlas
” In a single electronic platform, the WHO�s Communicable Disease Global Atlas is bringing together for analysis and comparison standardized data and statistics for infectious diseases at country, regional, and global levels. ”
http://gamapserver.who.int/mapLibrary/app/searchResults.aspx - GIS Health Map Library
“h Public Health Mapping and GIS Map Library” This is a user customisable tool which allow you to select regions and health issue, Like HIV/AIDS, malaria etc and look at maps if prevelance etc
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/index.htm
HIV facts Sheets from the CDC
I wonder if HIV isn’t the forgotten epidemic, more fatal than ebola, but slower and more subtle. Watch the video.
