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HIV/AIDS: A Very Short Introduction
Alan Whiteside
168 pages
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20 black & white illustrations
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174x111mm
978-0-19-280692-5
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Paperback
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24 January 2008
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- Takes a truly cross-disciplinary look at the most serious human epidemic in centuries: from our scientific and medical understanding, to the social and political consequences.
- Provides a global perspective covering developing and developed countries.
- Examines social issues such as safe sex, drug use, and how different societies view HIV/AIDS.
- Discusses what can be done — medical, political, and economic solutions which can give us hope that we will one day be able to control the disease.
HIV/AIDS is without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the Black Death. The first case was identified in 1981; by 2004 it was estimated that about 40 million people were living with the disease, and about 20 million had died.
Despite rapid scientific advances there is still no cure and the drugs are expensive and toxic. Because of controversies and taboos surrounding safe drug usage and prostitution, the numbers of people infected continues to rise. However, it is in the developing world and especially parts of Africa that the real
catastrophe is unfolding. In some of the worst affected countries life expectancy has plummeted to below 35 years, which has led to a serious decline in economic growth, a sharp rise in orphaning, and the imminent collapse of health care systems.
The news is not all bleak though. There have been unprecedented breakthroughs in understanding diseases and developing drugs. Because the disease is so closely linked to sexual activity and drug use, the need to understand and change behaviour has caused us to reassess what it means to be human and how we should operate in the globalising world. This Very Short Introduction provides an introduction to the disease, tackling the science, the international and local politics, the fascinating demographics, and the devastating
consequences of the disease, and explores how we have — and must — respond.Readership: General readers and students interested the science of HIV/AIDS, epidemiology, medical ethics, the social effects of the disease, and development and globalization. Readers studying medicine, sociology, economics and politics.
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Alan Whiteside, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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"Packed with statistics and handy explanations of science." "It won't make you an expert. But you'll know what you're talking about and you'll have a better idea of all the work we still have to do to wrestle this monster to the ground." - Aids-free world website. "An essential read... Readers will gain understanding of the medical, social, political and ethical issues involved in this tragic epidemic." - AIDSportal Website
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1: The emergence and state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
2: How HIV/AIDS works and scientific responses
3: The factors that shape different epidemics
4: Illness, deaths, and populations
5: The impact of AIDS on production and people
6: AIDS and politics
7: Responding to HIV/AIDS
8: The next 25 years
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