Local Women, Global Science
Subtitle: Fighting AIDS in Kenya
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: December 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780253216403
Subjects: AIDS: social aspects; African studies; Women's studies; Social Science; Medical / Nursing; Sociology; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa - General; Health Care Delivery; Women's Studies - General; AIDS (Disease); AIDS (Disease) in women; Government policy; HIV Infections; Kenya
First sentence: During the last few months of my fieldwork in Kenya, I had two quite different conversations that offer a starting point for this story about the politics of HIV.
Description: Karen Booth looks closely at the operation of two clinics in Nairobi, & explores how internationally funded & nationally sanctioned interventions to stop the spread of HIV are focused on the working class & poor - those least able to challenge traditional patterns of behaviour, including male dominance.