 "The
video Something to Tell about HIV/AIDS in the Polish context
is very valuable, first and foremost as a moving human document
about the horrible decay and degradation of young people due
to injecting drug use and the bereavement of their relatives.
It also depicts the cruel discrimination of people living
with HIV/AIDS commonplace in most societies, may it be Poland,
India or South Africa. Fortunately, the film also conveys
courage and compassion.
I believe that the video can be a useful instrument for information,
for instance in school education, particularly if presented
and discussed by young compassionate role models, whom young
people can identify with and who can convey a glimmer of hope.
Therefore, I am recommending this film to be used in preventive
programmes directed to young people. Fifty per cent of the
15,000 people being infected every day in the world are between
15-24 years of age. In Eastern Europe injecting drug use is
the dominating mode of transmission of HIV."
Professor Lars O Kallings, MD PhD
Secretary-General of the IAS
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