AIDS in Africa
How the Poor are Dying
1. Auflage Februar 2006
240 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Across Africa, HIV/AIDS is slowly killing millions of people in the
prime of their lives, weakening state structures, deepening poverty
and reversing the gains in life expectancy achieved over the past
century. Although many who study the dynamics of Africas AIDS
crisis accept that, to some degree, its entrenchment is a socially
produced phenomenon, few have examined how the course and intensity
of the epidemic have been affected by the continents ubiquitous
poverty, the impact of the pervasive structural adjustment
programmes or Africas marginalization in the process of
globalization until now.
This book explores the socio-economic context of Africas
vulnerability to HIV/AIDS as well as assessing the politics of
domestic and global response. Using primary and secondary data, it
charts the power relations driving Africas HIV/AIDS epidemic,
frustrating the possibility of alleviation and recovery as well as
working to relegate the continent to a bleak and vulnerable future.
In this sense, the book marks a radical departure by providing a
comprehensive analysis of Africas vulnerability to AIDS and the
challenges confronting policy makers as they seek to reverse its
escalating prevalence on the continent.
AIDS in Africa is an immensely valuable introduction to the
greatest pandemic facing the world today.
Acronyms and Abbreviations.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction: Africa's AIDS Crisis in Context.
1. Stagnation, Decline and Vulnerability: A Brief History of
Post-colonial Africa.
2. Understanding the Dynamics of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
3. The Social-Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS.
4. The Challenge of Scaling up HIV/AIDS Treatment Programmes in
Africa.
5. Community-Based Strategies: Lessons from Below.
6. Setting Priorities for Confronting HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Glossary.
Notes.
References.
Index.
national and international responses to the epidemic."
International Affairs
"AIDS in Africa must serve as a call to action. Everybody
should read it."
Kenneth D. Kaunda, First President of Zambia and Patron of
the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa
"This book assesses the broad spectrum of challenges that
HIV/AIDS poses to the global community. It addresses the epidemic
as a social, moral, ethical and economic imperative which brooks no
denial. It is recommended reading for all engaged in overcoming the
challenges of HIV infection and AIDS in Africa."
Joy Phumaphi, Assistant Director-General, Family and
Community Health, World Health Organization
"This book provides a clear, readable and cogent account for
students of health and politics of how the AIDS epidemic in Africa
needs to be understood: as in part the consequence of a political
dimension that has underpinned its spread, hinders its retreat and
shapes responses to it."
Adrian Leftwich, University of York
