Unheard voices : HIV and blood exposures / Centre for Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences ; Norwegian Church Aid, South Asia ; a film by Anjali Monteiro & K.P. Jayasankar ; script, Anjali Monteiro, K.P. Jayasankar, Marriette Correa ; editing and direction, K.P. Jayasankar, Anjali Monteiro.
Publisher:
Centre for Media and Cultural StudiesTata Institute of Social Sciences :
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (approximately 27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Copyright notice on disc: Centre for Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences; Norwegian Church Aid, South Asia. Summary taken from container.
Summary:
Drawing on the testimonies of individuals who have been infected nosocomially with HIV/AIDS, the film aims to sensitise various groups to the risks involved in transmission of HIV through blood exposures, in the Indian context. The risk has been systematically underestimated. The film critically examines various unsafe health care and cosmetic practices. It questions the low perception of risk associated with unsafe blood exposures, which is due to misinformation about survival of the HIV virus outside the human body. There is also misinformation about the importance of the sexual route, based on unreliable data, myths about sexual transmission and morality. But the fact is that we do not know how much HIV is being spread through sex and how much through blood. Given this scenario, the film also attempts to create awareness about safe practices.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)261179141
LCCN:
2008307496
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.