UNIVERSITY LIBRARY CATALOGUE

The invisible cure : Africa, the West, and the fight against AIDS /

Epstein, Helen, 1961-

The invisible cure : Africa, the West, and the fight against AIDS / Helen Epstein. - New York : Penguin Group, 2007. - xxiii, 326 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-312) and index.

AIDS research for beginners. The outsiders ; The mysterious origins of HIV ; Why are HIV rates so high in Africa? ; The African earthquake -- What happened in southern Africa. Gold rush ; A president, a crisis, a tragedy ; AIDS, Inc. ; Why don’t they listen? -- What happened in Uganda and Washington and Geneva. The invisible cure ; Forensic science ; God and the fight against AIDS ; When foreign aid is an ATM -- The f ront lines. The lost children of AIDS ; Wartime ; The underground econo my of AIDS -- Traditional medicine -- A magic bullet after all?.

9780374281526 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0374281521 (hardcover : alk. paper)


Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.

WC 503 / Ep85i 2007