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1 online resource (249 pages) |
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Contents; List of contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; Chapter 1 AIDS in Africa: dynamics and diversity of impacts and response; Chapter 2 The longitudinal picture: What does it reveal?; Chapter 3 Resilience and (dis)continuity in households afflicted by AIDS: Some preliminary insights from a longitudinal case study analysis; Chapter 4 Impacts of AIDS-related morbidity and mortality on non-urban households in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; Chapter 5 Sweet cane, bitter realities: The complex realities of AIDS in Mkamba, Kilombero District, Tanzania |
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Chapter 6 Single women's experiences of livelihood conditions, HIV and AIDS in the rural areas of ZimbabweChapter 7 Regional agricultural-consumption regimes and women's vulnerability to HIV in Kenya; Chapter 8 Multilayered impacts of AIDS and implications for food security among banana farmers in Uganda; Chapter 9 Impact of HIV/AIDS on local farming knowledge: differences in the cognitive salience of maize crop pests between affected and non-affected adults and children in Benin |
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Chapter 10 Adult mortality, food security and the use of wild natural resources in a rural district of South Africa: Exploring the environmental dimensions of AIDS?Chapter 11 Applying the Farmer Life School approach to support women of poor and HIV/AIDS-affected households in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; Chapter 12 Agricultural policy response to HIV and AIDS: Lessons learned from East and Southern Africa; Chapter 13 AIDS and livelihoods: What have we learned and where are we heading?; Index |
| Summary |
AIDS epidemics continue to threaten the livelihoods of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. Three decades after the disease was first recognized, the annual death toll from AIDS exceeds that from wars, famine and floods combined. Yet despite millions of dollars of aid and research, there has previously been little detailed on-the-ground analysis of the multifaceted impacts on rural people. Filling that gap, this book brings together recent evidence of AIDS impacts on rural households, livelihoods, and agricultural practice in sub-Saharan Africa. There is particular emphasis on the role of |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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AIDS (Disease) -- Economic aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Rural health -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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AIDS (Disease)
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HIV infections.
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Rural health.
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Rural population.
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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HIV Infections
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Rural Health
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Rural Population
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Socioeconomic Factors
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Rural population
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HIV infections
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AIDS (Disease)
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AIDS (Disease) -- Economic aspects
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AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects
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Rural health
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Africa, Sub-Saharan. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001667
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Africa South of the Sahara https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017954 |
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rugalema, Gabriel
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Gillespie, Stuart
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| ISBN |
9781849775779 |
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184977577X |
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1136536779 |
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9781136536779 |
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1136536760 |
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9781136536762 |
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