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HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa : politics, aid and globalization /

"HIV/AIDS in Africa is heavily politicized and governments, policy makers and NGOs face a series of political dilemmas where responses to the problem of HIV/AIDS in Africa is concerned. This book focuses on the political issues that are associated with the pandemic and the political contexts in...

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Main Author: Flint, Adrian.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Socioeconomic Factors.
Public Policy.
HIV Infections.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
AIDS (Disease) > Government policy > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
AIDS (Disease) > Government policy.
Central government policies > Sub-Saharan Africa.
Development studies > Sub-Saharan Africa.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > AIDS & HIV.
HIV > AIDS: social aspects > Sub-Saharan Africa.
MEDICAL > AIDS & HIV.
Regional studies > Sub-Saharan Africa.
Society.
Africa South of the Sahara.
Africa South of the Sahara
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Sex and disease: a historical perspective
  • The origins of HIV/AIDS
  • Gender, violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS
  • Policymaking, dissidents ad denialists
  • Traditional medicine ad the politics of the 'Witchcraft paradigm'
  • The international response: multilateral and unilateral approaches
  • Morality, behavioural change and the search for a 'social vaccine'
  • Governance, the international trading system and access to antiretrovirals.

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