Back to basics: use of popular theatre in the AIDS awareness campaign

Zimbabwe, like many other countries has been hard hit by the scourge of . the killer disease, Aids. Over the next few years more and more people will be affected both directly and indirectly by the Aids epidemic. MaCgarry (1989) in a highly informative article titled "Aids and Development Planning" has done some projections based on simple calculations of mortality in five-year age cohorts at five year intervals, and the result of his exercise are most chilling to say the least. Aids was first recognized as a problem in Zimbabwe in 1984 when the first few cases of Aids related diseases were discovered.

A conference paper on AIDS awareness campaign through the use of popular theater (drama)