AIDS & society
By: Sheila Nelson
Series: All about AIDS; All about AIDS
Publisher: AlphaHouse
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781934970263
Subjects: AIDS (Disease); Juvenile literature; HIV (Viruses); Social aspects
Other titles: AIDS and society
Description: AIDS & Society covers the broad range of HIV- and AIDS-related issues as they have impacted and changed human society throughout the world. AIDS and HIV have affected politics and governmental policy, health care treatment, family life, dating and sex practices, sex education, and much more. The disease has especially deeply impacted people living in developing countries, with 95% of the estimated 33.2 million people living with HIV residing in third-world countries, as reported by the UNAIDS, as well as the poor and less educated in many other countries. The book explains how AIDS and HIV take their toll on familial, regional, and global economies in many ways; how the stigma of having AIDS/HIV permeates societies and can result in violence and discrimination; and how education and treatment are necessary in all segments of society and throughout the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is HIV/AIDS?; title: What is society?; title: How does society impact AIDS?; title: How does AIDS impact society?; title: How is society changing to support those with AIDS?; title: For more information.