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
Summary
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 terrible epidemic
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-208) and index
Notes
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