AIDS Between Science and Politics / / Peter Piot.

Peter Piot, founding executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), recounts his experience as a clinician, scientist, and activist fighting the disease from its earliest manifestation to today. The AIDS pandemic was not only catastrophic to the health of millions wor...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
VerfasserIn:
TeilnehmendeR:
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.) :; 22 b&w figures
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Translator's Note
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. A HETEROGENEOUS AND STILL-EVOLVING EPIDEMIC
  • 2. HYPERENDEMIC HIV IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: THE HERITAGE OF APARTHEID
  • 3. AIDS AS AN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ISSUE
  • 4. A NEW TYPE OF TRANSNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY MOVEMENT
  • 5. THE RIGHT TO TREATMENT
  • 6. COMBINATION PREVENTION
  • 7. THE ECONOMICS OF AIDS
  • 8. PROMINENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
  • 9. THE LONG-TERM VIEW
  • Notes
  • Index