01779nam 22003851 450 991016493290332120210104163927.00-8214-4273-2(CKB)3710000001064403(MiAaPQ)EBC4806520(EXLCZ)99371000000106440320170303h20162006 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe African AIDS epidemic a history /John IliffeAthens, Ohio ;Oxford, [England] ;Cape Town, [South Africa] :Ohio University Press :James Currey :Double Storey,2016.©20061 online resource (225 pages)Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.AIDS (Disease)AfricaHistoryAIDS (Disease)History.614.5/993920096Iliffe John243709MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910164932903321The African AIDS epidemic2790511UNINA