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Author:

Epstein, Helen, 1961-

Title:

The invisible cure : Africa, the West, and the fight against AIDS / Helen Epstein.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus, and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xxiii, 326 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--Africa.
Internationality--Africa.
Social Environment--Africa.
Socioeconomic Factors--Africa.
AIDS (Disease)--Africa.
AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--Africa.
AIDS.
Afrika.
Sida--Afrique.
Sida--Aspect social--Afrique.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-312) and index.

Contents:

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?.

ISBN:

0374281521 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780374281526 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006035679

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)