Intentions -- Origins -- Epidemic in Western Equatorial Africa -- The drive to the East -- The conquest of the South -- The penetration of the West -- Causation: a synthesis -- Responses from above -- Views from below -- NGOs & the evolution of care -- Death & the household -- The epidemic matures -- Containment -- Conclusion.
Sommario/riassunto
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.