HIV & AIDS: A Very Short Introduction

Alan Whiteside

HIV & AIDS: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)

Alan Whiteside

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HIV/AIDS: A Very Short Introduction provides an introduction to AIDS—the most serious human epidemic in centuries—tackling the science, politics, demographics, and devastating consequences of the disease. The first case was identified in 1981; by 2004 approximately forty million people were living with the disease, and about twenty million had died. The outlook today is a little brighter. Although HIV/AIDS continues to be a pressing public health issue, the epidemic has stabilized. The worst affected regions are Southern and Eastern Africa. Elsewhere, HIV is found in specific, often marginalized populations. Although there remains no cure for HIV, there have been unprecedented breakthroughs in understanding the disease and developing drugs.

Keywords: AIDS, death, development, epidemic, illness, politics, prevention, public health

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Nov 2016

Print ISBN-13:: 9780198727491

Published online:: Nov 2016

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198727491.001.0001

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Alan Whiteside, author CIGI Chair in Global Health Policy, Balsillie School of International Development and Wilfred Laurier University and Professor Emeritus University of KwaZulu-Natal
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HIV & AIDS: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)

Alan Whiteside

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