AIDS & HIV

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446391740Author Tom MonteFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 249g

Thirty years after AIDS was first recognized, the American South constitutes the epicenter of the United States' epidemic. Southern states claim the highest rates of new infections, the most AIDS-related deaths, and the largest number of adults and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780969530756Author Kazhila Chinsembu DrFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Africa in Canada PressPublisher Africa in Canada PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781920118662Author Kondwani ChiramboFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint IDASA PublishersPublisher IDASA (Institute for Democracy in South...

Being Positive gives us the clearest picture we have of what life is like for people who have been diagnosed HIV positive. Based upon unique in-depth interviews with a broad cross-section of patients, the book is remarkable for its candor and...

In the nearly three decades since the AIDS epidemic was first recognized, scientists have made tremendous strides in devising treatments for people living with HIV/AIDS. Yet in Africa, where more than 60 percent of HIV-infected people live, treatments...

Since the early days of the AIDS epidemic, many bizarre and dangerous hypotheses have been advanced to explain the origins of the disease. In this compelling book, Nicoli Nattrass explores the social and political factors prolonging the erroneous belief...

In epistemology the nagging voice of the sceptic has always been present. Over the last thirty years or so philosophers have thought of several promising ways to counter the radical sceptic: for instance, facts about the reliability of our cognitive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789290616658Author World Health Organization: Regional Office for the Western PacificFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint WHO Regional Office for the...

AIDS activists are often romanticized as extremely noble and selfless. However, the relationships among HIV support group members highlighted in Landscapes of Activism are hardly utopian or ideal. At first, the group has everything it needs, a thriving...

Every minute a Nigerian man, woman, or child becomes infected with HIV. Soon Nigeria will be home to more people living with HIV than any other country in Africa. With 5 percent of its inhabitants already infected, Nigeria has reached the critical...

Dawning Answers charts the legacy of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic to the theory and practice of public health. Richly detailed chapters describe how advances in techniques and startegies to monitor health events, develop public policy, set funding...

Linked by Blood: Hemophilia and AIDS recounts the factors responsible for the widespread infection of people with hemophilia by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-contaminated blood and offers a prescription for addressing the challenges of future viral...

Winner of the Sociology of Health and Illness Book PrizeHIV has changed in the presence of recent biomedical technologies. In particular, the development of anti-retroviral therapies (ARVs) for the treatment of HIV was a significant landmark in the...

The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is caused by two retroviruses of the lentivirus subfamily, human immunodeficiency viruses types 1 (HIV-1) and 2 (HIV-2), which derive from cross-species transmissions of viruses naturally infecting two...

Winner of the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2008Of approximately 37 million HIV positive people in the world, 24.7 million live in sub-Saharan Africa and about 5..5 million in South Africa. Despite its relatively powerful economy and...

Based on interviews with women who are HIV positive, this sobering pandemic brings to light the deeply rooted and complex problems of living with HIV. Already pushed to the edges of society by poverty, racial politics, and gender injustice, women with...

Examine the biopsychosocial, environmental, spiritual, and policy issues that affect HIV/AIDS prevention/service delivery issues for Caribbean youth!This groundbreaking book provides an overview and informed discussion of HIV/AIDS as it affects children...

Make sense out of confusing HIV/AIDS terminology!Finally, here is a reference work that contains clear and useful definitions of words, phrases, and medical terms associated with HIV/AIDS! The Encyclopedic Dictionary of AIDS-Related Terminology is an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788120733305Author Dr Savitri RamaiahFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Sterling Publishers Pvt.LtdPublisher Sterling Publishers Pvt.LtdWeight(grams) 160g

In a riveting portrait of the world's largest HIV/AIDS medical-care provider, award-winning journalist Patrick Range McDonald reveals AIDS Healthcare Foundation's unlikely rise from a feisty grassroots organization during the height of 1980s AIDS...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312374631Author Randy ShiltsFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632418272Author Evan MaverickFormat HardbackPage Count 233Imprint Hayle MedicalPublisher Hayle MedicalWeight(grams) 776g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789241210287Author World Health OrganizationFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint World Health OrganizationPublisher World Health OrganizationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789241210195Author World Health OrganizationFormat PaperbackPage Count 418Imprint World Health OrganizationPublisher World Health Organization

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632428691Author Evan MaverickFormat HardbackPage Count 233Imprint Foster AcademicsPublisher Foster AcademicsWeight(grams) 776g

For three decades post-apartheid, the HIV/AIDS epidemic from first acknowledgement to its management as a chronic disease, demanded unparalleled attention. This was nowhere more evident than in South Africa. This book explores how the state responded to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781536179231Author Ethel K. HebertFormat PaperbackPage Count 167Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 260g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789290615194Author Who Regional Office for the Western PacificPage Count 67Imprint WHO Regional Office for the Western PacificPublisher WHO Regional Office...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789291738717Author UnaidsFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint World Health OrganizationPublisher World Health OrganizationWeight(grams) 1021gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789290223818Author Who Regional Office for South-East AsiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 161Imprint WHO Regional Office for South East AsiaPublisher WHO...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789241210034Author World Health OrganizationFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint World Health OrganizationPublisher World Health Organization

Finalist for the LGBTQ Nonfiction Award from Lambda Literary Queers and trans people in the 1980s and early '90s were dying of AIDS and the government failed to care. Lovers, strangers, artists, and community activists came together take care of each...

This book explores the normalization of HIV and AIDS, reflecting upon the intended and unintended consequences of the multifarious "AIDS industry."The Normalization of the HIV and AIDS Epidemic in South Africa deals with the manner in which the HIV and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781920118655Author Kondwani ChiramboFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint IDASA PublishersPublisher IDASA (Institute for Democracy in South...

Make sense out of confusing HIV/AIDS terminology!Finally, here is a reference work that contains clear and useful definitions of words, phrases, and medical terms associated with HIV/AIDS! The Encyclopedic Dictionary of AIDS-Related Terminology is an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789460221415Author Eliezer WanguluFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint KIT PublishersPublisher KIT PublishersWeight(grams) 222g

Based on interviews with women who are HIV positive, this sobering pandemic brings to light the deeply rooted and complex problems of living with HIV. Already pushed to the edges of society by poverty, racial politics, and gender injustice, women with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990308195Author Victoria NoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint King Company PublishingPublisher King Company PublishingWeight(grams) 152g