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AIDS: What Everyone Needs to Know

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AIDS: What Everyone Needs to Know

1985

0h 16m

9.0(1 votes)

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The film provides information about the course and symptoms of AIDS, the effect of AIDS viruses on the immune system, the routes of infection, the main risks of infection and the protective measures against them.

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Directed by: Sheldon Renan
Written by: Sheldon Renan

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