AIDS /

AIDS / Katherine Macfarlane, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2008. - 144 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. - Perspectives on diseases and disorders .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index.

Understanding AIDS -- AIDS : an overview of the disease / Current drug therapies for AIDS / Progress on an AIDS vaccine / AIDS : past, present, and future / AIDS in the developing world / Rebecca J. Frey Teresa G. Odle -- ehealthMD -- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases -- Susan S. Hunter -- Charlie Furniss -- ch. 1. 1. and 2. 3. 4. 5. Issues concerning AIDS -- The developed world has a moral obligation to fight AIDS in the developing world / The developed world must fight AIDS to protect global security / Herpes and poverty are responsible for the AIDS epidemic in Africa / Cultural traditions of sexual behavior are responsible for the AIDS epidemic in Africa / Antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) will curb the African AIDS epidemic / Drug companies are responsible for a lack of AIDS treatment in the developing world / Mandatory HIV testing in the United States will curb AIDS / Mandatory HIV testing in the United States is too expensive / Diane Taylor -- Stephan Faris -- Emily Oster -- Mike Crawley -- Peter Gyves -- Daniel Pepper -- Bernadine Healy -- Sherry Boschert. ch. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Personal narratives on AIDS -- A young African woman reports on AIDS in her lifetime / A young woman learns she is HIV-positive / An American wife and mother copes with AIDS / Suzanne Engo -- Michelle Towner -- Nell Casey. ch. 3. 1. 2. 3.

9780737738681 (hardcover) 0737738685 (hardcover)

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AIDS (Disease)--Popular works.

RC606.64 / .A335 2008

616.97/92