The invisible cure : Africa, the West, and the fight against AIDS /
Epstein, Helen, 1961-
The invisible cure : Africa, the West, and the fight against AIDS / Helen Epstein. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007. - xxiii, 326 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-312) and index.
AIDS research for beginners. The outsiders ; The mysterious origins of HIV ; Why are HIV rates so high in Africa? ; The African earthquake -- What happened in southern Africa. Gold rush ; A president, a crisis, a tragedy ; AIDS, Inc. ; Why don't they listen? -- What happened in Uganda and Washington and Geneva. The invisible cure ; Forensic science ; God and the fight against AIDS ; When foreign aid is an ATM -- The front lines. The lost children of AIDS ; Wartime ; The underground economy of AIDS -- Traditional medicine -- A magic bullet after all?
9780374281526 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0374281521 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2006035679
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--Africa.
Internationality--Africa.
Social Environment--Africa.
Socioeconomic Factors--Africa.
AIDS (Disease)--Africa.
AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--Africa.
RA643.86.A35 / E674 2007
362.196/97920096
2007 G-398 WC 503 / E617i 2007
The invisible cure : Africa, the West, and the fight against AIDS / Helen Epstein. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007. - xxiii, 326 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-312) and index.
AIDS research for beginners. The outsiders ; The mysterious origins of HIV ; Why are HIV rates so high in Africa? ; The African earthquake -- What happened in southern Africa. Gold rush ; A president, a crisis, a tragedy ; AIDS, Inc. ; Why don't they listen? -- What happened in Uganda and Washington and Geneva. The invisible cure ; Forensic science ; God and the fight against AIDS ; When foreign aid is an ATM -- The front lines. The lost children of AIDS ; Wartime ; The underground economy of AIDS -- Traditional medicine -- A magic bullet after all?
9780374281526 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0374281521 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2006035679
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--Africa.
Internationality--Africa.
Social Environment--Africa.
Socioeconomic Factors--Africa.
AIDS (Disease)--Africa.
AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--Africa.
RA643.86.A35 / E674 2007
362.196/97920096
2007 G-398 WC 503 / E617i 2007