HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Subtitle: politics, aid and globalization
By: Adrian Flint
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230221420
Subjects: AIDS (Disease); Government policy
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction; title: What is HIV/AIDS?; title: HIV/AIDS and the 'African Crisis'; title: Socio-Economic Factors; title: Gender Inequalities and the Spread of HIV/AIDS; title: Globalization and the Treatment of HIV/AIDS; title: A New Morality: Condoms or Abstinence?; title: The AIDS Dissidents; title: Managing the Crisis: Domestic Successes and Failures; title: Managing the Crisis: The International Response; title: Conclusion.