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The invisible cure : Africa, the West, and the fight against AIDS

Title

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

Author

Epstein, Helen, 1961-

Publication

New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007.

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Description

xxiii, 326 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm

Summary

"The Invisible Cure will change the way we think about AIDS, a disease without precedent; and it will change the way we think about Africa and Africans, whose insight, wisdom, and care for the stranger will be as crucial as money and medical know-how if they are to overcome this terrible health crisis."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Africa, the West, and the fight against AIDS

Subject

Bibliography (note)

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 -- Epilogue: Traditional medicine -- Appendix: A magic bullet after all?

ISBN

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

LCCN

2006035679

OCLC

ocm74649091
74649091
74649091
SCSB-5339129

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Columbia University Libraries