Links
Background information at the movie web site: http://dolfilms.org/angels/schedule.html
HIV, AIDS, and children: http://www.avert.org/children.htm
Films
The Value of Life (2004)
World AIDS Day Film Guide
http://www.africaaction.org/campaign_new/page.php?documentid=1544
Discussion
Mother-to-child-transmission of HIV accounts for the vast majority of children who are infected with HIV. If a woman already has HIV then her baby may become infected during pregnancy or delivery. HIV can also be transmitted through breast-milk.
In Africa, studies suggest that one in three newborns infected with HIV die before the age of one, over half die before reaching their second birthday, and most are dead before they are five years old. In developed countries, preventive measures ensure that the transmission of HIV from mother to child is relatively rare, and in those cases where it does occur, a range of treatment options means that the child can survive, often into adulthood.
The requirement that a large fraction of President Bush's global AIDS plan go to promote abstinence and fidelity is causing confusion in many countries and in a few is eroding other prevention efforts, including ones to reduce mother-to-child transmission of the virus.
- Washington Post, April 5, 2006
(see also Dr. Alan Berkman testimony at Bushcommission.org)
About AFD Films
AFD film topics this year include health care, election fraud, peak oil, the shift in cosmic awareness, fresh water, and war and peace. This is your film series. Send suggestions for new films as well as comments on past topics to films@citizenstruth.info. This year in December we hope to bring you an assortment of short video segments to review the year’s topics.
Next month’s feature (second Friday in October)
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
The epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer. An outcast in his community, Farmer John bravely stands amidst a failing economy, vicious rumors, and violence. By melding the traditions of family farming with the power of art and free expression, this powerful story of transformation and renewal heralds a resurrection of farming in America.
Friday, October 10, 7:00 P.M., Atherton Hall
Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist
1025 N. Smith Rd, Palatine
http://citizenstruth.info/afdfilms/ -- http://www.angelicorganics.com/