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There are very few sources of accessible, reliable information that can help the educated lay reader understand the global HIV/AIDS pandemic and immediacy of its meaning for global survival. Specifically, there is very little non-technical material available on the raging AIDS crisis in Africa. Susan Hunter illuminates the history and social dynamics of the AIDS pandemic through focusing on Africa. She combines personal stories from her 20 years of work in Africa, analysis of the raging debates on the topic (Mbeki's continued assertions that HIV does not cause AIDS), and discussion of the failures and successes achieved by global health organizations working in Africa with more sweeping discussion of the nature of epidemics and their affects on world history and our shared future. Hunter has been an insider in the major world health organizations and has worked both with the UN, American government and several African countries to attempt to understand and contain the AIDS pandemic.

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Hunter's writing is brilliant. The tapestry she weaves is compassionate, grounded in history, and extraordinarily real. The long needed AIDS primer ... Buy this book, read it, then give it to ten friends. -- -Eric Sawyer, Co-Founder, ACT UP New York This book opens many new perspectives on what has become the largest epedemic in human history. -- -Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS [An] insightful and compassionate account of AIDS in Africa... A must-read. -- -Robert Bilheimer, Academy Award nominee and director of A Closer Walk One of the most important books on AIDS to be published... The book is chilling and fascinating in equal measure. -- -Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for AIDS Hunter''s writing is brilliant. The tapestry she weaves is compassionate, grounded in history, and extraordinarily real. -- -Paul Zeitz, Executive Director of the Global AIDS Alliance Hunter...uses personal anecdotes to detail the story of a growing epidemic. --Library Journal This book opens many new perspectives on what has become the largest epidemic in human history. More importantly, it gives us insight into the human tragedy and triumph that is the daily bread of people and communities in the areas most affected by AIDS throughout the world --Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS In this book, global AIDS expert Susan Hunter combines her profound emotional intelligence and her expup0erience in Africa to help us understand the true state of the World that we live in. Her writing is brilliant. The tapestry she weaves is compassdn0 ionate, grounded in history, andextraordinarily real. She helps us believe that we can create a better world, if we learn to change ourselves to meet the challenges of AIDS and poverty as they confront us in the 21st century. --Paul Zeitz, Executive Director of the Global AIDS Alliance

Hunter...uses personal anecdotes to detail the story of a growing epidemic. --Library Journal<br> This book opens many new perspectives on what has become the largest epidemic in human history. More importantly, it gives us insight into the human tragedy and triumph that is the daily bread of people and communities in the areas most affected by AIDS throughout the world --Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS <br>In this book, global AIDS expert Susan Hunter combines her profound emotional intelligence <br>and her exp<br>up0erience in Africa to help us understand the true state of the World that we live in. <br>Her writing is brilliant. The tapestry she weaves is compass<br>dn0 ionate, grounded in history, and<br>extraordinarily real. She helps us believe that we can create a better world, if we learn to change <br>ourselves to meet the challenges of AIDS and poverty as they confront us in the 21st century. <br>--Paul Zeitz, Executive Director of the Global AIDS Alliance <br> Sus0an

Hunter...uses personal anecdotes to detail the story of a growing epidemic. --Library Journal<br> This book opens many new perspectives on what has become the largest epidemic in human history. More importantly, it gives us insight into the human tragedy and triumph that is the daily bread of people and communities in the areas most affected by AIDS throughout the world --Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS <br>In this book, global AIDS expert Susan Hunter combines her profound emotional intelligence <br>and her exp<br>up0erience in Africa to help us understand the true state of the World that we live in. <br>Her writing is brilliant. The tapestry she weaves is compass<br>dn0 ionate, grounded in history, and<br>extraordinarily real. She helps us believe that we can create a better world, if we learn to change <br>ourselves to meet the challenges of AIDS and poverty as they confront us in the 21st century. <br>--Paul Zeitz, Executive Director of the Global AIDS Alliance <br> Sus0an Hunter's book Black Death is the long needed AIDS 101 primer for Joe Q and Sally Public. <br>Buy this book, read it, then give it to ten friends. --20Eric Sawyer, Co-Founder, ACT UP New York <br> The story of AIDS in the world is ultimately a story about the way the world is. <br>Susan Hunter's insightp0ful and compassionate account of AIDS in Africa brings this <br>truth into compelling focus. A must-read. --Robert Bilheimer, director of A Closer Walk <br> This is one of the most important books on AIDS to be published during the last several <br>years. The picture of the epidemic is gripping; more, it's presented in compassionate human <br>terms, and the scientific questions she raises about disease andevolution are quite intriguing. <br>The book is chilling and fascinating in equal measure. It's a splendid read <br>--Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for AIDS.<br>

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SUSAN HUNTER is an independent consultant who has worked at the highest policy level with world health organizations (UNAIDS, UNICEF, USAID) in Africa over the last 20 years. She continues to travel frequently in Africa and South East Asia as part of her work on the pandemic, and lives with her husband in upstate New York, USA.

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