AIDS in the Twenty-First Century, Fully Revised and Updated Edition Disease and Globalization

by Barnett, Tony; Whiteside, Alan

• ISBN13: 9781403997685
• ISBN10: 1403997683
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-05
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This groundbreaking book presents compelling data and research which reveals the shocking social and economic impact of HIV/AIDS on a global scale. Barnett and Whiteside--experts in the field for over 15 years--argue that it is vital to not only look at the disease in terms of prevention and treatment, but to also consider consequences which affect households, communities, companies, governments, and countries. This is a major contribution toward understanding the global public health crisis, as well as the relationship between poverty, inequality, and infectious diseases.

Author Biography

TONY BARNETT is ESRC Professorial Research Fellow at the Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics, and a Co-Director of the Mackinder Centre for the Study of Long Wave Events. ALAN WHITESIDE University of Natal (now ), South Africa. He is a Professor, Director, and Founder of the Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	vi
Acknowledgements	xii
Part I Introduction
1 Disease and Denial	3	(24)
2 The Disease and its Epidemiology	27	(44)
Part II Susceptibility
3 Epidemic Roots	71	(30)
4 Cases	101	(38)
5 Is Africa Exceptional?	139	(32)
Part III Vulnerability and Impact
6 Introduction to Impact	171	(26)
7 Individuals, Households and Communities	197	(13)
8 Dependants: Orphans and the Elderly	210	(28)
9 Rural Livelihoods and Agriculture	238	(24)
10 Private Sector Impact	262	(28)
11 Development and Economic Growth	290	(25)
12 Government and Governance	315	(26)
Part IV Responding to the Epidemic
13 Strategies, Tactics and Timing	341	(33)
14 Globalisation and Inequality	374	(17)
Notes	391	(7)
Bibliography	398	(33)
Index	431	(17)
The Association Francois-Xavier Bagnoud	448