The invisible cure : Africa, the West and the fight against AIDS

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Title:

The invisible cure : Africa, the West and the fight against AIDS

Author:

Epstein, Helen, 1961-

ISBN:

9780141011059

Personal Author:

Epstein, Helen, 1961-

Publication Information:

London : Penguin, 2008.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 324 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 20 cm

General Note:

Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; London: Viking, 2007.

Abstract:

What makes some societies more vulnerable to AIDS than others? Why is the HIV epidemic so severe in Africa and why have governments and NGOs largely failed to halt its progress? Epstein goes to the heart of why epidemics spread and what we should be doing to stop them.

Subject Term:

AIDS (Disease) -- Africa.

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

AIDS (Disease) -- Government policy -- Africa.

AIDS (Disease) -- Africa -- Prevention.

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In 1993, Helen Epstein, a scientist working with a biotechnology company searching for an AIDS vaccine, moved to Uganda, where she witnessed first-hand the suffering caused by the HIV virus. The Invisible Cure , dramatic, illuminating and beautifully written, recounts the struggle of international health experts, governments and ordinary Africans to understand the devastating spread of HIV in Africa, and traces how their responses to the crisis have changed in light of new medical developments and political realities.

The AIDS epidemic in Africa is uniquely severe, but Epstein argues that there are ways to address this crisis that may be simpler than many people imagine. A deeply affecting story of scientific breakthroughs and false starts, and of the human costs of policymakers' missteps and inaction, The Invisible Cure will change the way we think about AIDS, a disease without precedent.