Saturday is for Funerals
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-05077-8 (ISBN)
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In the year 2000, the World Health Organization estimated that 85 per cent of fifteen-year-olds in Botswana would eventually die of AIDS. In "Saturday Is for Funerals", we learn why that won't happen. Unity Dow and Max Essex tell the true story of lives ravaged by AIDS - of orphans, bereaved parents, and widows; of families who devote most Saturdays to the burial of relatives and friends. We witness the actions of community leaders, medical professionals, research scientists, and educators of all types to see how an unprecedented epidemic of death and destruction is being stopped in its tracks. This book describes how a country responded in a time of crisis. In the true-life stories of loss and quiet heroism, activism and scientific initiatives, we learn of new techniques that dramatically reduce rates of transmission from mother to child, new therapies that can save lives of many infected with AIDS, and intricate knowledge about the spread of HIV, as well as issues of confidentiality, distributive justice, and human rights. The experiences of Botswana offer practical lessons along with the critical element of hope.
Unity Dow is a judge of the Interim Constitutional Court of Kenya and the author of four novels. Max Essex is Lasker Professor of Health Sciences at Harvard University and has been involved in AIDS research from the earliest days of the U.S. epidemic in 1982.
* Preface * Introduction 1. A Family of Funerals * The Epidemic 2. I Know You Still Love Me * Sexual Transmission 3. Masego and Katlego * Mother-to-Child Transmission 4. Mandla Gets Tested * Diagnosis of HIV Infection 5. The Death of Mma Monica * AIDS Disease in Adults and Availability of Treatment 6. Naledi and Her Nephew Shima * AIDS in Children 7. It Is theWill of God * HIV and Tuberculosis 8. Walking Skeletons and Hesitant Hugs * Toxicities and Resistance to Drugs Used to Treat HIV/AIDS 9. The Page Is Turning Red * Blood Transfusion as a Risk for HIV Infection 10. A Tribal Tradition * Male Circumcision to Prevent HIV Infection 11. A Matter of Commitment * Development of an HIV Vaccine 12. Ancestral Control * Evil Spirits and HIV as the Cause of AIDS 13. He Died in China * Fear and Stigma 14. Opelo's Rebellion * Issues of Adolescents and Women 15. Desperation for Pono * Orphans of HIV/AIDS 16. Government Action Makes a Difference * A Nation Responds * Glossary * Further Reading * Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.5.2010 |
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| Verlagsort | Cambridge, Mass |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-674-05077-0 / 0674050770 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-05077-8 / 9780674050778 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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