Invisible Cure Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS

Name: Invisible Cure Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS
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ISBN: 9780374281526

ISBN-10: 0374281521

ISBN-13: 9780374281526

Edition: 2007

Authors: Helen Epstein

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In 1993, Helen Epstein, a scientist working with a biotechnology company searching for an AIDS vaccine, moved to Uganda, where she witnessed firsthand the suffering caused by the epidemic. Now, in her unsparing and illuminating account of this global disease, she describes how international health experts, governments, and ordinary Africans have struggled to understand the rapid and devastating spread of the disease in Africa, and traces the changes wrought by new medical developments and emerging political realities. It is an account of scientific discovery and intrigue with implications far beyond the fight against one tragic disease. nbsp; The AIDS epidemic is partly a consequence of…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 5/15/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



AIDS research for beginners



The outsiders



The mysterious origins of HIV



Why are HIV rates so high in Africa?



The African earthquake


What happened in Southern Africa



Gold rush



A president, a crisis, a tragedy



AIDS, Inc



Why don't they listen?


What happened in Uganda and Washington and Geneva



The invisible cure



Forensic science



God and the fight against AIDS



When foreign aid is an ATM


The front lines



The lost children of AIDS



Wartime



The underground economy of AIDS


Epilogue : traditional medicine



A magic bullet after all?