AIDS in Africa : how the poor are dying , None by Poku, Nana, 1971-, None instant download

AIDS in Africa : how the poor are dying , None by Poku, Nana, 1971-, None instant download

xii, 235 pages : 23 cm, \"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 Africa's AIDS crisis accept that, to some degree, its entrenchment is a socially produced phenomenon, few have examined the contributions of the continent's ubiquitous poverty, the impact of the pervasive Structural Adjustment Programmes or Africa's marginalization in the process of globalization, on the course and intensity of the epidemic - until now.\"--BOOK JACKET, Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-220) and index, Introduction: Africa's AIDS crisis in context -- Stagnation, decline and vulnerability: a brief history of post-colonial Africa -- Understanding the dynamics of HIV/AIDS in Africa -- The socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS -- The challenge of scaling up HIV/AIDS treatment programmes in Africa -- Community-based strategies: lessons from below -- Setting priorities for confronting HIV/AIDS in Africa