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The politics of prevention : a global crisis in AIDS and education /
AIDS kills over two million people every year and nearly 33 million people are infected with HIV worldwide. However, HIV prevention has slipped down the international agenda and meaningful attempts to tackle it are hampered by religious ideology and power struggles. This book brings together stories...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Auckland Park, South Africa :
Pluto Press ; Jacana,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | AIDS kills over two million people every year and nearly 33 million people are infected with HIV worldwide. However, HIV prevention has slipped down the international agenda and meaningful attempts to tackle it are hampered by religious ideology and power struggles. This book brings together stories from around the world that explore and expose the underlying 'politics of prevention' which deny millions of people life-saving education. The larger issues and trends in the global fight against AIDS are also studied, including the rise of the controversial abstinence-only movement in the US, which is now being exported to Africa. In response to the unfavourable political climate, those worst affected by the crisis are becoming politicised in order to overcome the inertia in the international community and take truly effective action against AIDS. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 162 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-154) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849643740 1849643741 0745327338 9780745327334 9786612006029 6612006021 1435690842 9781435690844 074532732X 9780745327327 |