HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa : politics, aid and globalization

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Title:

Author:

Flint, Adrian.

ISBN:

9780230221420

Personal Author:

Flint, Adrian.

Publication Information:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, c2011.

Physical Description:

xiv, 211 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- What is HIV/AIDS? -- HIV/AIDS and the 'African Crisis' -- Socio-Economic Factors -- Gender Inequalities and the Spread of HIV/AIDS -- Globalization and the Treatment of HIV/AIDS -- A New Morality: Condoms or Abstinence? -- The AIDS Dissidents -- Managing the Crisis: Domestic Successes and Failures -- Managing the Crisis: The International Response -- Conclusion.

Abstract:

"HIV/AIDS in Africa is heavily politicized and governments, policy makers and NGOs face a series of political dilemmas where responses to the problem of HIV/AIDS in Africa is concerned. This book focuses on the political issues that are associated with the pandemic and the political contexts in which the issue must be addressed"--

Subject Term:

AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

AIDS (Disease) -- Political aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

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This book explains how issues of governance lie at the heart of understanding and combating the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa. It reviews the debates surrounding the root causes of the pandemic and its continuing proliferation and examines the local and global socio-political forces that have contributed to the spread and impact of the disease.