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Title:

U.S. national debate topic 2007-2008 : healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa / edited by Forrest Cole ; editorial advisor, Lynn M. Messina.

Publisher:

H. W. Wilson,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

viii, 195 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Medical care--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Delivery of Health Care--Africa South of the Sahara.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control--Africa South of the Sahara.
HIV Infections--prevention & control--Africa South of the Sahara.

Other Authors:

Cole, Forrest.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

[Pt.] V. Fatal inaction / HIV/AIDS care in Africa today / Joshua Kurlantzick. The African AIDS crisis and international indifference / Mpho Selemogo -- The church & AIDS in Africa : condoms & the culture of life / Marcella Alsan -- To tackle a taboo : how Africa is opening up a new front in the fight against AIDS / Andrew Jack -- Giving away HIV drugs is not as easy as it seems -- [Pt.] II. HIV/AIDS and its effects on women and orphaned children. Violence against women complicated HIV/AIDS struggle / Joyce Mulama -- Rwandan women : AIDS therapy beyond drugs / Stephanie Urdang -- A tale of two worlds / Peter Gyves -- AIDS orphans / Oksana Kim -- [Pt.] III. Neglected diseases. The impact of cultural behaviours, local beliefs, and practices on emerging parasitic diseases in tropical Africa / Celestine O.E. Onwuliri ... [et al.] -- Necessary treatments / Tina Rosenberg -- Malaria : the sting of death -- The exterminator / Kirsten Weir -- Sight for sore eyes / James A. Zingeser -- [Pt.] IV. Problems and solutions for African health care systems. "Brain drain" puts Africa's hospitals on the critical list / Andrew Jack -- Botswana health care system needs dialogue / Vincent Molelekwa -- Private sector, human resources and health franchising in Africa / Ndola Prata, Dominic Montagu, and Emma Jefferys -- Defining minimum standards of practice for incorporating African traditional medicine into HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and support / Jaco Homsy ... [et al.] -- Sangomas step out of the shadows / Tom Nevin -- [Pt.] V. U.S. response to Africa's health care crisis. Analysis of President George W. Bush's emergency plan for AIDS relief in Subsaharan Africa and the Caribbean / Paul S. Zeitz and David Bryden -- Public-private partnership to enhance delivery of AIDS drugs -- Promises, promises / Erika Casriel -- Fatal inaction / Joshua Kurlantzick.

Series:

The reference shelf ; v. 79, no. 3

ISBN:

0824210697 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780824210694 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007011925

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