The political economy of AIDS in Africa

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Author:

Poku, Nana, 1971-

ISBN:

9780754638971

9780754638988

Publication Information:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2004.

Physical Description:

xxii, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Global health

Series Title:

Global health

Contents:

Responding to AIDS in crisis situations / Alan Whiteside -- Legitimate actors? the future roles for NGOs against HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa / Douglas Webb -- Confronting AIDS with debt: Africa's silent crisis / Nana K. Poku -- AIDS-related famine in Africa: questioning assumptions and developing frameworks / Alex de Waal -- Cultural hazards facing young people in the era of HIV/AIDS: specificity and change / Carolyn Baylies.

HIV/AIDS: the Nigerian response / Morenike Folayan -- HIV/AIDS and South Africa's national security / Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. and Matthew R. Tubin -- What people really believe about HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa / Alan Whiteside ... [et al.] -- The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Botswana: implications for the "African miracle" / Ian Taylor -- Uganda and the challenge of HIV/AIDS / Daniel Low-Beer and Rand Stoneburner -- The impact of HIV/AIDS on democracy in Southern Africa: what do we know, what need to know, and why? -- Robert Mattes and Ryann Manning -- Conclusion / Alan Whiteside and Nana K. Poku.

Subject Term:

AIDS (Disease) -- Africa.

AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Africa.

AIDS (Disease) -- Economic aspects -- Africa.

Medical policy -- Africa.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- Africa.

HIV Infections -- Africa.

Health Policy -- Africa.

Socioeconomic Factors -- Africa.

Added Author:

Poku, Nana, 1971-

Whiteside, Alan.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0412/2003028034.html

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Summary

This collection of essays by noted figures in the field attempts to move toward an understanding of the broader ramifications of the current AIDS pandemic on specific components of Africa's political economy, with a view to affecting policy response to HIV/AIDS on the continent.