HIV/AIDS
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: Alan Whiteside.
Series: Very short introductions -- 174
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780192806925
Subjects: AIDS (Disease).; HIV infections.; HIV Infections.
Description: Providing an introduction to HIV/AIDS, this book explains the science, the international and local politics, the demographics and the devastating consequences of the disease. This book is aimed at general readers interested in the science, the epidemiology and the social effects of the disease which has killed 20 million.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-141) and index.
Table of contents: title: The emergence and state of the HIV/AIDS  epidemic; title: How HIV/AIDS  works and scientific responses; title: The factors that shape different epidemics; title: Illness, deaths, and populations; title: The impact of AIDS on production and people; title: AIDS and politics; title: Responding to HIV/AIDS; title: The next 25 years.