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The Mother of Mercy Hospice on the edge of the capital, Lusaka, was the first of its kind in Zambia. 'Our idea was just to build a simple shelter so people can die with dignity,' says Sister Leonia. 200 people a day in Zambia die from HIV/AIDS. Because controlling HIV/AIDS is one of the biggest challenges world health experts face, all the member countries of the United Nations have pledged to 'reverse' the spread of the disease as one of the UN's Millennium Development Goals - a global ambition the international community hopes to achieve by 2015. This Life film follows the work of the staff and volunteers at the Mother of Mercy hospice and in the surrounding villages. The courage of patients, the resilience and despair of the staff and the dignity of how they all deal with the almost daily ritual of death combine to give a poignant account of the human face of AIDS in modern Africa.
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Citation
Main credits
Bush, Tanvir (film producer)
Bisgaard, Kasper (film director)
Kelly, Brenda (film producer)
Bower, Dick (film producer)
Bidstrup, Jens (editor of moving image work)
Andoh, Adjoa (narrator)
Other credits
Executive producer, Brenda Kelly; series producer, Dick Bower; editor, Jens Bidstrup.
African Studies; Anthropology; Community; Death And Dying; Developing World; Geography; Global Issues; HIV/AIDS; Health; Humanities; Millennium Development Goals; Population; United Nations
Keywords
HIV, AIDS, HIV/AIDS, Zambia, Africa, African Studies, UN, United Nations, Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, Lusaka, health, healthcare; "The Hospice"; Bullfrog Films
Distributor: Bullfrog Films
Length: 23 minutes
Date: 2005
Genre: Expository
Language: English
Grade: 7-12, College, Adult
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Closed Captioning: Available
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