Featured Films & digital video streams
More Films on Ebola, HIV/AIDS, malaria or other diseases in Africa in BU Lbraries collection.
A.B.C Africa by
Over the course of a 10-day visit to Uganda in 2001, Abbas Kiarostami uses his camera to capture and caress the faces of a thousand orphans. An alternately heartbreaking and optimistic view of the results of the AIDS epidemic and civil war.
Location: Mugar Reserve Room HV1347 .A33 2005ISBN: 9781567304053Publication Date: 2005
Plagued: Part 3: Invisible Armies
This episode details how smallpox and measles were "crowd" diseases prevalent in the teeming cities of the ancient Near east, and explains that malaria and yellow fever were infections endemic to Africa. The program traces the decimation of Native Americans from measles, cholera, and smallpox, and it discusses the rampage of syphillis and gonorrhea in Hawaii after the arrival of Captain Cook. It suggests that the epidemics of the past - though often virtually wiped out - can and do resurface, as did the measles epidemic that raged through the Hispanic population
Location: Mugar Krasker Film Collection 10157.VHPublication Date: 1992
Browse films & videos from Kraske collection of BU Mugar Library related to diseases and outbreaks in Africa.
- Africa Radio - Podcast - Sante Les nouveaux rendez-vous santé sont nés en 2018 avec une version enrichie de l’émission santé d’Africa Radio En deuxième partie : le thème santé de la semaine, en partenariat avec Santé publique France. Chaque semaine, Africa Radio aborde une question de santé sous l’angle de la prévention. Comment se protéger des maladies ? comment adopter une bonne hygiène de vie ? le bon comportement ? Quand faut-il voir un médecin traitant ? quels sont les dispositifs d’accompagnement en France, la prise en charge ?..
- Into Africa - Podcasts (CSIS) Into Africa shatters the narratives that dominate U.S. perceptions of Africa. Host Judd Devermont, Africa program director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C., sits down with policymakers, journalists, academics and other trailblazers in African affairs to shine a spotlight on the faces spearheading cultural, political, and economic change on the continent.
Multimedia Databases & catalogs
Browse or search to find specific relevant audio/visual material about Ebola, HIV/AIDS, malaria or other diseases in Africa.from the following databases or catalogs of audio-visual materials collection.
- Ethnographic Video Online, Volume I-II: Foundational Films This link opens in a new window
Contains classic and contemporary ethnographies, documentaries and shorts from every continent, providing teachers visual support to introduce and contextualize hundreds of cultural groups and practices around the world.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is a provider of documentaries, training films, and theatrical releases available as streaming video. Clips from the videos can be embedded in presentations or shown in class. Films in the Boston University Libraries catalog are licensed to Boston University for educational and research use only, for BU students, faculty, and staff.
