AIDS and South Africa: The Social Expression of a Pandemic

CLAUDIA C. BERMUDES RIBIERO DA CRUZ Partner, Consumer Insight AgencyJEFFREY D. LEWIS Economic Advisor in the International Trade Department and the Prospects Group in the World BankMARILYN MARTIN Director of Art Collections for Iziko Museums of Cape Town, South AfricaHOWARD PHILLIPS Associate Professor in the Department of Historical Studies, Faculty of Humanities, at the University of Cape Town, South AfricaJEFFREY D. SACHS Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, USASONIA ERLICH SACHS Pediatrician interested in pediatric issues in developing countries, especially childhood malaria and AIDS orphansVIRGINIA VAN DER VLIET Social Anthropologist, South AfricaCAL VOLKS Director of the HIV/AIDS Unit at the University of Cape Town, South AfricaDIANA CHAPMAN WALSH President of Wellesley College, USA

• Too Poor to Stay Alive; S.E.Sachs & J.D.Sachs Why is South Africa the HIV Capital of the World? An Institutional Analysis of the Spread of a Virus; K.D.Kauffman HIV/AIDS in the Context of South Africa's Epidemic History; H.Phillips South Africa Divided Against AIDS: A Crisis of Leadership; V.van der Vliet Assessing the Demographic and Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS; J.D.Lewis HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Can Art Make a Difference?; M.Martin From Policy to Practice: The Anthropology of Condom Use; C.C.Bermudes Ribero Da Cruz The Role of Tertiary Institutions in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic; C.Volks Afterword: Challenges and Lessons; D.L.Lindauer & D.Chapman Walsh

'In many fundamental ways this volume reflects both the approach and the spirit needed to address the challenge of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. There will not be one solution to the AIDS pandemic. We need to fight this battle on many fronts. We need to understand the politics, both nationally and internationally, that have conditioned the thus far inadequate response to HIV/AIDS. We need to anticipate the economic consequences of the epidemic and to prepare for them. We need to understand individual behaviour, especially of our youth, that puts too many at risk. We need to promote the activism required for change. This volume addresses these critical elements.' - Desmond M. Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus'Sociologists, political scientists and anthropologists demonstrate the varied social forces that make the spread of Aids so much a part of the environment. Innovative essays suggest the way in which Aids denial is part of the dominant political discourse of the country, while a few examine how HIV/Aids has become an artistic metaphor'. - Anthony Egan, Mail & Guardian Online