AIDS in Africa

N.Poku, Director of Research, Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa

• Figures, Tables and Boxes. Acronyms and Abbreviations.Acknowledgements.Introduction: Africa's AIDS Crisis in Context.1. Stagnation, Decline and Vulnerability: A Brief History of Post-colonial Africa.2. Understanding the Dynamics of HIV/AIDS in Africa.3. The Social-Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS.4. The Challenge of Scaling up HIV/AIDS Treatment Programmes in Africa.5. Community-Based Strategies: Lessons from Below.6. Setting Priorities for Confronting HIV/AIDS in Africa.Glossary.Notes.References.Index.

“Should be required reading for anyone involved in shaping national and international responses to the epidemic.”International Affairs "AIDS in Africa must serve as a call to action. Everybody should read it."Kenneth D. Kaunda, First President of Zambia and Patron of the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa "This book assesses the broad spectrum of challenges that HIV/AIDS poses to the global community. It addresses the epidemic as a social, moral, ethical and economic imperative which brooks no denial. It is recommended reading for all engaged in overcoming the challenges of HIV infection and AIDS in Africa."Joy Phumaphi, Assistant Director-General, Family and Community Health, World Health Organization "This book provides a clear, readable and cogent account for students of health and politics of how the AIDS epidemic in Africa needs to be understood: as in part the consequence of a political dimension that has underpinned its spread, hinders its retreat and shapes responses to it."Adrian Leftwich, University of York