Positive Lives The Story of Ashok and Others

Name: Positive Lives The Story of Ashok and Others
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ISBN: 9780143028178

ISBN-10: 0143028170

ISBN-13: 9780143028178

Edition: 2002

Authors: Kalpana Jain

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An exceptional narrative that reflects the struggle of people living with HIV In 1989, Ashok Pillai, a radio operator in the Navy, tested positive for HIV. Thirteen years later, he is among the few courageous men and women who have come 'open', in order to extend support to those living with HIV and to spread awareness about the virus. It is a difficult battle, and an enormously important one. Today, HIV has assumed epidemic proportions. By 2001, close to 4 million men, women and children all over India, and across all classes, had been infected by it; one person per minute still continues to get the virus. In Positive Lives, journalist Kalpana Jain, describes Ashok's extraordinary…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/25/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Kalpana Jain is Special Correspondent for the Times of India, New Delhi specialising in health matters.