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The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against AIDS

The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against AIDS


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AIDS may be the deadliest infectious disease in human history. What makes some societies more vulnerable than others? Why is the HIV epidemic so severe in Africa and why has it been so difficult to control? Should we blame sexual mores? Gender inequality? Poor government leadership? Misguided development policies? Poverty? In a powerfully moving narrative The Invisible Cure is the story of the fight against this terrible epidemic, and what we need to do to win it.

About the Author :
Helen Epstein has written about public health for various publications, including the New York Times magazine, Granta, and the New York Review of Books. She has conducted research on reproductive health and AIDS in Africa for various organizations, including the Open Society Institute, the Rockefeller Foundation and Human Rights Watch. She obtained a PhD in molecular biology from Cambridge University and an MSc in public health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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"An enlightening and troubling book."--"The New York Times" "Helen Epstein is one of a rare species: the scientist turned storyteller. . . . [A] blunt, informed critique."--"Salon.com" "" "The UN and President Bush should not just read Epstein's book, they should distribute it around Africa."--"The Sunday Times" (London) "Elegant prose, a scientific background, and a journalist's searching anecdotal eye."--"Nature" "Sometimes a bolt of clarity shoots out of the blue . . . as it will for readers of this book who yearn for insights on how a deadly virus now infects an estimated 25 million Africans and has killed untold millions more."--"The New York Times Book Review" "Epstein has a compelling thesis, and she explains it in lucid, sometimes extraordinary prose."--"The Nation"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780670913565
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Viking
  • Height: 244 mm
  • No of Pages: 352
  • Sub Title: Africa, the West and the Fight Against AIDS
  • Width: 157 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0670913561
  • Publisher Date: 26 Jul 2007
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 32 mm
  • Weight: 676 gr


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