Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Maps; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Sex and Disease: A Historical Perspective; 2 The Origins of HIV/AIDS; 3 Gender, Violence and the Spread of HIV/AIDS; 4 Policymaking, Dissidents and Denialists; 5 Traditional Medicine and the Politics of the 'Witchcraft Paradigm'; 6 The International Response: Multilateral and Unilateral Approaches; 7 Morality, Behavioural Change and the Search for a 'Social Vaccine'; 8 Governance, the International Trading System and Access to Antiretrovirals; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
"HIV/AIDS in Africa is heavily politicized and governments, policy makers and NGOs face a series of political dilemmas where responses to the problem of HIV/AIDS in Africa is concerned. This book focuses on the political issues that are associated with the pandemic and the political contexts in which the issue must be addressed"--Provided by publisher