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AIDS / Katherine Macfarlane, book editor.

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Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2008.

AIDS (Disease) -- Popular works.

9780737738681 (library binding)

0737738685 (library binding)

Perspectives on diseases and disorders

144 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

ch. 1. Understanding AIDS -- 1. AIDS : an overview of the disease / Rebecca J. Frey and Teresa G. Odle -- 2. Current drug therapies for AIDS / ehealthMD -- 3. Progress on an AIDS vaccine / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases -- 4. AIDS : past, present, and future / Susan S. Hunter -- 5. AIDS in the developing world / Charlie Furniss --

ch. 2. Issues concerning AIDS -- 1. The developed world has a moral obligation to fight AIDS in the developing world / Diane Taylor -- 2. The developed world must fight AIDS to protect global security / Stephan Faris -- 3. Herpes and poverty are responsible for the AIDS epidemic in Africa / Emily Oster -- 4. Cultural traditions of sexual behavior are responsible for the AIDS epidemic in Africa / Mike Crawley -- 5. Antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) will curb the African AIDS epidemic / Peter Gyves -- 6. Drug companies are responsible for a lack of AIDS treatment in the developing world / Daniel Pepper -- 7. Mandatory HIV testing in the United States will curb AIDS / Bernadine Healy -- 8. Mandatory HIV testing in the United States is too expensive / Sherry Boschert.

ch. 3. Personal narratives on AIDS -- 1. A young African woman reports on AIDS in her lifetime / Suzanne Engo -- 2. A young woman learns she is HIV-positive / Michelle Towner -- 3. An American wife and mother copes with AIDS / Nell Casey.

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