Republic of Therapy Triage and Sovereignty in West Africa's Time of AIDS

Name: Republic of Therapy Triage and Sovereignty in West Africa's Time of AIDS
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ISBN: 9780822348740

ISBN-10: 0822348748

ISBN-13: 9780822348740

Edition: 2010

Authors: Vinh-Kim Nguyen

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The Republic of Therapytells the story of the global response to the HIV epidemic from the perspective of community organizers, activists, and people living with HIV in West Africa. Drawing on his experiences as a physician and anthropologist in Burkina Faso and Cocirc;te-d'Ivoire, Vinh-Kim Nguyen focuses on the period between 1994, when effective antiretroviral treatments for HIV were discovered, and 2000, when the global health community acknowledged a right to treatment, making the drugs more available. He describes how in the intervening years, when antiretrovirals were scarce in Africa, triage decisions were made determining who would receive lifesaving treatment. He explains too how…

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List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 11/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction Cï¿½te-d'Ivoire and Triage in the Time of AIDS



Testimonials That Bind: Organizing Communities with HIV



Confessional Technologies: Conjuring the Self



Soldiers of God: Together and Apart



Life Itself: Triage and Therapeutic Citizenship



Biopower: Fevers, Tribes, and Bulldozers



The Crisis: Economies, Warriors, and the Erosion of Sovereignty



Uses and Pleasures: The Republic Inside Out


Conclusion Who Lives? Who Dies?


Notes


References


Index