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| List of Tables and Maps | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| List of Acronyms and Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Is Africa a special case? | |
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| Political leadership and HIV/AIDS | |
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| Too much or too little? International responses | |
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| Gender and HIV/AIDS | |
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| Traditional medicine | |
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| Profiting from misery? | |
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| The politics of prevention | |
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| The politics and governance of HIV/AIDS | |
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| Sex and Disease: A Historical Perspective | |
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| Africa's lack of healthcare infrastructure | |
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| Communicable diseases become diseases of poverty | |
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| Communicable disease, paternalism and control | |
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| The discourse of sex and disease in Africa | |
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| A precursor to HIV/AIDS discourse: Syphilis in colonial Africa | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Origins of HIV/AIDS | |
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| A new disease | |
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| 'Plague' and the language of HIV/AIDS | |
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| A 'gay plague' | |
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| Locating the origins of HIV | |
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| Human agency and the origins of the virus | |
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| Charting the African pandemic | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Gender, Violence and the Spread of HIV/AIDS | |
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| The interface between gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS | |
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| Problematizing gender-based violence | |
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| Politicizing HIV/AIDS and gender | |
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| Masculinity and the imposition of gender hierarchies | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Policymaking, Dissidents and Denialists | |
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| Questioning scientific 'dogma' | |
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| The dissidents and their views | |
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| A case for censorship? | |
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| Thabo Mbeki's right to dissent | |
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| The harm principle | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Traditional Medicine and the Politics of the 'Witchcraft Paradigm' | |
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| Engaging with traditional medicine | |
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| Towards an African view of disease | |
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| Further social functions of the 'witchcraft paradigm' | |
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| The role of traditional healers | |
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| Efficacy of traditional medicine | |
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| Bringing traditional healers and traditional medicine on side | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The International Response: Multilateral and Unilateral Approaches | |
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| PEPFAR, MAP and the Global Fund | |
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| Quantifying the efficacy of PEPFAR | |
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| Framing HIV/AIDS as a security threat: The Clinton administration | |
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| Framing HIV/AIDS as a moral crusade: The Bush Administration | |
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| PEPFAR under the Obama administration | |
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| HIV/AIDS: A cause c�l�bre? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Morality, Behavioural Change and the Search for a 'Social Vaccine' | |
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| Healthcare provision by faith-based groups | |
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| Faith-based organizations and the fight against HIV/AIDS | |
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| Behavioural change versus risk reduction | |
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| The 'Ugandan miracle' | |
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| Analysing the extent of behavioural change in Uganda | |
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| Gender hierarchies, behavioural change and risk reduction | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Governance, the International Trading System and Access to Antiretrovirals | |
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| Big Pharma, profits and the poor | |
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| Drug prices and universal access to ARVs | |
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| Protecting intellectual property rights | |
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| Big Pharma's role in shaping TRIPS | |
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| The Big Pharma perspective: Innovation and research and development | |
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| Making use of loopholes: TRIPS and compulsory licensing | |
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| Big Pharma's role in shaping the US TRIPS-plus agenda | |
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| Big Pharma and the US undermine TRIPS flexiblities | |
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| The accessibility of second-line therapies | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
