AIDS and men
Subtitle: taking risks or taking responsibility?
By: edited with an introduction by Martin Foreman.
Contributors: Foreman, Martin.; Panos Institute.
Publisher: Panos/Zed Books; Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: AIDS (Disease) -- Developing countries.; Men -- Developing countries -- Sexual behavior.; AIDS (Disease) -- Developing countries -- Prevention.; AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Developing countries.; Health behavior -- Developing countries.; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- prevention & control.; Cross-Cultural Comparison.; Men.; Risk-Taking.; Sex Behavior.
Description: "The first section of this book examines the relationship between men's actions and AIDS world-wide, the impact of those actions on men and women and initiatives designed to help men protect themselves and their partners. The second section, written by journalists from eleven countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, illustrates many different aspects of that relationship - from machismo in Mexico to drug injection in Russia, from men in prison in Brazil to men living with HIV in Thailand, from men as fathers in the Ivory Coast to men who have sex with men in Kenya." "Men undoubtedly take risks in relation to HIV. Whether or not they should also take responsibility for transmission of the virus, and how they can do so, are questions that cannot be easily resolved. This book provides some insights that allow a greater understanding of the issue."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-238).