The African AIDS Epidemic: A History Pdf

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Edition: 1
Release: 2006-03-22
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0821416898
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

The African AIDS Epidemic pdf
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This history of the African AIDS epidemic is a much-needed, accessibly written historical account of the most serious epidemiological catastrophe of modern times. The African AIDS Epidemic: A History answers President Thabo Mbeki’s provocative question as to why Africa has suffered this terrible epidemic. While Mbeki attributed the causes to poverty and exploita-tion, others have looked to distinctive sexual systems practiced in African cultures and communities. John Iliffe stresses historical sequence. He argues that Africa has had the worst epidemic because the disease was established in the general population before anyone knew the disease existed. HIV evolved with extraordinary speed and complexity, and because that evolution took place under the eyes of modern medical research scien-tists, Iliffe has been able to write a history of the virus itself that is probably unique among accounts of human epidemic diseases. In giving the African experience a historical shape, John Ilif Download The African AIDS Epidemic for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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