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AIDS & HIV

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  • The Origins of AIDSby Jacques Pepin

    Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 23.00

    It is now thirty years since the discovery of AIDS but its origins continue to puzzle doctors and scientists. Inspired by his own experiences working as an infectious diseases physician in Africa, Jacques Pepin looks back to the early twentieth-century events in Africa that triggered the emergence of HIV/AIDS and traces its subsequent development into the most dramatic and destructive epidemic of modern times. He shows how the disease was first transmitted from chimpanzees to man and then how urbanization, prostitution, and large-scale colonial medical campaigns intended to eradicate tropical diseases combined to disastrous effect to fuel the spread of the virus from its origins in Leopoldville to the rest of Africa, the Caribbean and ultimately... more...

  • Men Who Sell Sexby Peter Aggleton; Dennis Altman

    Taylor & Francis 1998; US$ 55.95

    Brings together an authoritative collection of essays from different countries and examines sexual behaviour, the reasons men sell sex, the meanings involved, and implications for HIV prevention. more...

  • Endangered Selfby Gill Green; Elisa J. Sobo

    Routledge 2000; US$ 49.95

    The Endangered Self focuses on how the discovery of an HIV positive status affects the individual's sense of identity, on the experience of living with HIV and its effects on the individual's social relationships. more...

  • Hepatitis B and Cby Thierry Poynard

    Taylor & Francis, A Martin Dunitz Book 2001; US$ 60.00

    Covers Hepatitis B and C, though the focus is on Hepatitis C. more...

  • AIDS, Drugs and Preventionby Tim Rhodes; Richard Hartnoll

    Routledge 1996; US$ 59.95

    In developing HIV prevention, community-orientated approaches have emerged within statutory and voluntary sectors and from the communities themselves. This book considers the diverse approaches and problems for professional practice. more...

  • Health and Developmentby David Phillips; Yola Verhasselt

    Routledge 1994; US$ 67.95

    Provides a broad description of the multifaceted aspects of health and development across the globe and focusses on the critical issues linked with environmental impact, poverty and health, factors in HIV/AIDS and health care resources more...

  • AIDS Sexuality and Gender in Africaby Carolyn Baylies; Janet Bujra

    Routledge 2000; US$ 59.95

    This book draws on first-hand research and in-depth investigations carried out by a team of researchers. They study the severity of the AIDS epidemic and the threat it poses to the population and society in Tanzania and Zambia. more...

  • Mental Health and HIV Infectionby Jose Catalan

    Taylor & Francis 1999; US$ 59.95

    An up-to-date overview of the mental health consequences and of the kind of psychological, psychopharmacological and community forms of intervention available to deal with the adverse psychological effects of HIV infection. more...

  • AIDS in Europeby Jean Paul Moatti; Yves Souteyrand; Annick Prieur; Theo Sandfort; Peter Aggleton

    Routledge 2000; US$ 59.95

    AIDS in Europe provides a comprehensive overview of current social and behavioural research on HIV and AIDS for all health professionals. more...

  • Power and Communityby Dennis Altman

    Taylor & Francis 2002; US$ 57.95

    This book provides a global overview of the role of the community sector, examining in detail the origins and activities of community organizations worldwide. more...