HIV/AIDS: a Very Short Introduction

Name: HIV/AIDS: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192806925

ISBN-10: 0192806920

ISBN-13: 9780192806925

Edition: 2006

Authors: Alan Whiteside

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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…

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List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/25/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.85" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.330




Why HIV/AIDS? The science



The Epidemiology



Different Epidemics! Why?



Demographic impact



Impoverishment and development



Politics of the epidemic



The response



The future