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1988-12--excerpts, AIDS and the Homeless
About this film
"AIDS And the Homeless was a three part series that ran on New Jersey Network News on the nights of December 20, 21, 22 1988. The special report examined the growing and previously unreported problem of homeless people with AIDS. "The report painfully shows the plight of two homeless people who are dying of the disease and who are in need of both physical and emotional support. It also tells how the state health department is unprepared to deal with the problem and what needs to be done for people with AIDS who have no one to turn to. "New Jersey has the fifth largest AIDS population in the country and this story addressed a growing and significant portion of that population as the majority of the state's AIDS cases are drug abusers. It was decided that this program should run around the Christmas holiday as this is a time when families get together and the series served as a reminder there are those [who] are in need of friends and support and who will not, in all [probability], not live to see another Christmas. "The program aired over three nights on New Jersey Network News, the four channel Public Television Network in New Jersey and on Channel 13, WNET, in New York which also…
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New Jersey Network
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, AIDS, homelessness, New Jersey Network News, Larry Stuelpnagel, Leslie, William White Jr., Cathie Forman, Robert Hummel, John, Anne Christensen, Jersey City Medical Center, New Jersey Department of Human Services, New Jersey Department of Health, Wanaque nursing home, public health policy, HIV
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