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This title recounts the experiences of the founding executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) as he fought the disease from its earliest manifestations to today. It describes how the HIV/AIDs epidemic altered global attitudes toward sexuality, changed the characte...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Piot, Peter, 1949- (Author)
Other Authors: Garey, Laurence (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Series:EBL-Schweitzer
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects.
AIDS (Disease) > Political aspects.
World health.
AIDS (Disease)
Human rights.
Politics, Practical.
Humans
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Global Health
Government Programs
Human Rights
Politics
Socioeconomic Factors
Sida > Aspect social.
Sida > Aspect politique.
Santé mondiale.
Sida.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Politique.
politics.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > AIDS & HIV.
MEDICAL > AIDS & HIV.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Electronic book.
Fulltext.
Internet Resources.
Maps.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A heterogeneous and still evolving epidemic
  • Hyperendemic HIV in Southern Africa : the heritage of apartheid
  • AIDS as an international political issue
  • A new type of transnational civil society movement
  • The right to treatment
  • Combination prevention
  • The economics of AIDS
  • Prominence of human rights
  • The long-term view.

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