Drugs into Bodies Global AIDS Treatment Activism

Name: Drugs into Bodies Global AIDS Treatment Activism
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ISBN: 9780275983253

ISBN-10: 0275983250

ISBN-13: 9780275983253

Edition: 2006

Authors: Raymond A. Smith, Patricia D. Siplon, Alan Berkman

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More than 40 million people are living with HIV/AIDS worldwide, yet only a small fraction have access to life-saving treatments. For many years, governments, pharmaceutical companies, and even some international relief agencies have called this a tragic but unavoidable situation, given the high cost of the medications used to fight HIV. A small but growing group of activists, however, have banded together to prove that the obstacles to universal HIV treatments are mostly human-made, and thus can be overcome by human actions. Drugs into Bodies chronicles the birth and expansion of the global AIDS treatment activist movement, focusing in particular on the U.S.-based organization Health GAP.…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 3/30/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 212
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Building a Domestic AIDS Treatment Activist Movement


Introduction



ACTION=LIFE: Responding to AIDS on the Home Front



Bridging the Gap: Mobilizing a Global Response



Forging a Global AIDS Treatment Activist Network


Introduction



Many Places, One Goal: Connecting Global Actors



Win Some, Keep Going: Sustaining Global AIDS Treatment Activism


Conclusion


Afterword: Realizing Our Victories



How You Can Become Involved in the Fight against Global AIDS


Notes


Index