HIV/AIDS in South Africa
Contributors: Salim Karim (Editor); Quarraisha Karim (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 9, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780521616294
Subjects: AIDS: social aspects; HIV / AIDS; Sociology - General; Medical / Nursing; Social Science; Sociology; Southern Africa; AIDS & HIV; Medical / Infectious Diseases; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General
First sentence: THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE infected with HIV worldwide has increased exponentially from just a handful of cases in the early 1980s to about 40 million by the end of 2003 and more than 20 million people have already died of AIDS.