false 372575 4 In 1993, Helen Epstein, a scientist working with a biotechnology company searching for an AIDS vaccine, moved to Uganda, where she witnessed firsthand the suffering caused by the epidemic. Now, in her unsparing and illuminating account of this global disease, she describes how international health experts, governments, and ordinary Africans have struggled to understand the rapid and devastating spread of the disease in Africa, and traces the changes wrought by new medical developments and emerging political realities. It is an account of scientific discovery and intrigue with implications far beyond the fight against one tragic disease. The AIDS epidemic is partly a consequence of the rapid transition of African societies from an agrarian past to an impoverished present. Millions of African people have yet to find a place in an increasingly globalized world, and their poverty and social dislocation have generated an earthquake in gender relations that deeply affects the spread of HIV. But Epstein argues that there are solutions to this crisis, and some of the most effective ones may be simpler than many people assume. Written with conviction, knowledge, and insight, <I>The Invisible Cure</I> will change how we think about the worst health crisis of the past century, and our strategies for improving global public health. 362510 book 15 5 2007 The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS total:126|5:39|4:64|3:18|2:5|1:0| 126 515 252 32 5 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 05:24:32 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 05:26:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 18:34:36 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 18:42:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 18:47:44 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 13:54:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 31 20:00:45 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 20:11:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 09 01:22:44 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 01:22:44 -0700 2009 As with all this type of stuff, you have to be a little objective when reading it as this is the kind of book that uses scientific statistics to prove the authors suggested public...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 07 15:37:24 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 15:46:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 20 14:18:27 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 16 17:02:22 -0800 2008
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