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HIV and East Africa - Thirty Years in the Shadow of an Epidemic (Paperback)
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HIV and East Africa - Thirty Years in the Shadow of an Epidemic (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in African Development
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This book is about life in the time of the HIV epidemic in Eastern
Africa. By tracing the shadow of the epidemic over the last 30
years in Uganda and more broadly in the region, the author explores
the impact of the epidemic on people's lives and livelihoods,
placing the epidemic within the context of the social, political
and economic changes that have occurred over the last three
decades. While the story inevitably touches on loss and suffering,
the message is also about managing the impact of an epidemic which,
at one time, was expected to wipe out communities. When one looks
for traces of the in southern Uganda, once thought to be the
epi-centre of the epidemic, it is hard to see any lasting impact at
a community wide level. Delve deeper and there are scars to be
found among some families and some patterns of change that are a
direct result of the epidemic. However, that is not the whole
story. The book goes on to explore the effect of improved treatment
and care on perceptions of the epidemic and the fragile hope that
now exists as governments and donors struggle to scale-up
anti-retroviral therapy. The threats to this hope are examined not
only from drug shortages but also from the signs of rising rates of
new infections among some communities in the region. The book
concludes by putting HIV into the context of other epidemics, and
reflecting on what we can learn from Spanish flu and the Black
Death about the lasting impact, or not, of HIV.
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