HIV/AIDS
By Shereen Usdin

Twenty-two million people have died from AIDS-related illnesses since the disease was first discovered almost 25 years ago - more people than died in Europe during the Black Death of the Middle Ages. And 42 million people are now infected, two-thirds of them in sub-Saharan Africa. This No-Nonsense Guide tells the story so far, looking at the origins of the disease, the way it spreads, and examining the profits made by drug companies, women's special vulnerability, and the positive action being taken by people and communities to fight back.

"This book is challenging and insightful, making a complex terrain accessible to a wide audience."
Zackie Achmat, Chair, Treatment Action Campaign, Johannesburg, South Africa.

“A splendid series of pocketable guides to issue politics.” The Guardian “The No-Nonsense Guides target those topics that a large army of voters cares about, but that politicos evade.” The Independent Format: 180 mm x 110 mm; 144 pages; diagrams, maps, charts, graphs and tinted boxes used throughout to illustrate key information; paperback. All books in this series are printed on environmentally-friendly paper.

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