02809nam 2200649Ia 450 991081977640332120240410082951.097866120718291-282-07182-30-253-11078-5(CKB)1000000000030348(EBL)238840(OCoLC)228118903(SSID)ssj0000193755(PQKBManifestationID)11182992(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193755(PQKBWorkID)10226841(PQKB)11756211(MiAaPQ)EBC238840(OCoLC)61662129(MdBmJHUP)muse16632(Au-PeEL)EBL238840(CaPaEBR)ebr10088452(CaONFJC)MIL207182(EXLCZ)99100000000003034820030521d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLocal women, global science[electronic resource] fighting AIDS in Kenya /Karen M. Booth1st ed.Bloomington Indiana University Pressc20041 online resource (222 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-21640-0 0-253-34181-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-194) and index.Global medicine, local sex, and crisis -- Nairobi's casino: colonizing AIDS in the urban clinic -- Negotiating AIDS policy in Kenya: 1984-1994 -- "High-frequency transmitters" and invisible men -- "A husband can have a thousand girlfriends!" -- Drugs for whom? "African AIDS" in the second decade.There is evidence that women who live in societies that uphold male privilege -- the majority of the world's women -- are at increased risk for HIV infection. In Local Women, Global Science, Karen M. Booth looks closely at the operation of two clinics for sexually transmitted diseases in Nairobi, Kenya, and explores how internationally funded and nationally sanctioned interventions to stop the spread of HIV have focused almost exclusively on the sexual and reproductive behaviors of those who are leastAIDS (Disease)KenyaAIDS (Disease) in womenKenyaAIDS (Disease)Government policyAIDS (Disease)AIDS (Disease) in womenAIDS (Disease)Government policy.362.1/969792/0096762384.809497Booth Karen M.1962-1666765MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819776403321Local women, global science4026219UNINA