Global Aids: Myths and Facts - Tools for Fighting the AIDS Pandemic

Author:   Alec Irwin ,  Joyce Millen ,  Dorothy Fallows ,  Paul Farmer
Publisher:   South End Press
ISBN:  

9780896086746


Pages:   175
Publication Date:   31 May 2003
Format:   Hardback
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Global Aids: Myths and Facts - Tools for Fighting the AIDS Pandemic


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World leaders like Kofi Annan have announced treatment and prevention initiatives that are opening new possibilities. But the authors argue that only sustained political pressure from the grassroots - forging links across national boundaries; professional and social categories; and racial, ethnic and religious identities - will halt the pandemic's spread.

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Author:   Alec Irwin ,  Joyce Millen ,  Dorothy Fallows ,  Paul Farmer
Publisher:   South End Press
Imprint:   South End Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.445kg
ISBN:  

9780896086746


ISBN 10:   0896086747
Pages:   175
Publication Date:   31 May 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

HIV/AIDS basics; myth one - AIDS and Africa; myth two - dangerous behaviour; myth three - corruption; myth four - prevention vs treatment?; myth five - obstacles to AIDS treatment in poor countries; myth six - vaccines; myth seven - drug company profits vs poor people's health; myth eight - limited resources; myth nine - nothing to gain; myth ten - there is nothing we can do.

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