The African AIDS epidemic : a history /

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This history of the African AIDS epidemic is a much-needed, accessibly written historical account of the most serious epidemiological catastrophe of modern times. The African AIDS Epidemic: A History answers President Thabo Mbeki's provocative question as to why Africa has suffered this terribl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Iliffe, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio ; Oxford, [England] ; Cape Town, [South Africa] : Ohio University Press : James Currey : Double Storey, 2016.
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease) > Africa > History.
Sida > Afrique > Histoire.
AIDS (Disease)
Africa.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intentions
  • Origins
  • Epidemic in Western Equatorial Africa
  • The drive to the East
  • The conquest of the South
  • The penetration of the West
  • Causation: a synthesis
  • Responses from above
  • Views from below
  • NGOs & the evolution of care
  • Death & the household
  • The epidemic matures
  • Containment
  • Conclusion.

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