AIDS in Africa: How the Poor are DyingISBN: 978-0-7456-3159-2
Paperback
240 pages
March 2006, Polity
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Across Africa, HIV/AIDS is slowly killing millions of people in the
prime of their lives, weakening state structures, deepening poverty
and reversing the gains in life expectancy achieved over the past
century. Although many who study the dynamics of Africas AIDS
crisis accept that, to some degree, its entrenchment is a socially
produced phenomenon, few have examined how the course and intensity
of the epidemic have been affected by the continents ubiquitous
poverty, the impact of the pervasive structural adjustment
programmes or Africas marginalization in the process of
globalization until now.
This book explores the socio-economic context of Africas vulnerability to HIV/AIDS as well as assessing the politics of domestic and global response. Using primary and secondary data, it charts the power relations driving Africas HIV/AIDS epidemic, frustrating the possibility of alleviation and recovery as well as working to relegate the continent to a bleak and vulnerable future. In this sense, the book marks a radical departure by providing a comprehensive analysis of Africas vulnerability to AIDS and the challenges confronting policy makers as they seek to reverse its escalating prevalence on the continent.
AIDS in Africa is an immensely valuable introduction to the greatest pandemic facing the world today.