Fighting for life.

A four part series examining the history of AIDS in the developed world and Africa, with particular reference to its effect on homosexual life in the U.S. and Britain. It traces the spread of the disease to heterosexuals, the role of blood transfusions and the dispute between the U.S.A. and France over the ownership of the HIV test. The action of gay pressure groups against pharmaceutical companies is given in detailed coverage. "Part 3: Fighting for Life" 1985 - examples of panic in the U.S. over AIDS, its means of transmission still not fully understood; reluctance of U.S. and British governments to recognize AIDS as a public health issue; emergence of AIDS activists; the AZT controversy; U.S. increase in AIDS among heteroxexuals and women.