AIDS in Nigeria - A Nation on the Threshold

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 threshold that can catapult rates to nearly 40 percent of a country's population. The full magnitude of Nigeria's epidemic will be determined by its response now.
"AIDS in Nigeria" helps guide that response. Written by dozens of the country's leading HIV experts, the book explores the dynamics of the epidemic, analyzes prevention efforts, identifies crucial gaps, and formulates effective strategies for controlling the epidemic. Complementing the experts' words are the dramatic portraits of people whose lives have been forever transformed by AIDS. Their stories reveal the human costs of the epidemic--and the courage required to overcome it.

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Written by many of Nigeria’s leading HIV experts, this book explores the dynamics of the country’s epidemic, analyzes prevention efforts, identifies crucial gaps, and formulates effective strategies for controlling the epidemic. Complementing the experts' words are the dramatic portraits of people whose lives have been forever transformed by AIDS.

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• Authors: Olusoji Adeyi
• Assisted by: Olusoji Adeyi (Editor), John Idoko (Editor), John A. Idoko (Editor), Phyllis J. Kanki (Editor), Oluwole Odutolu (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.05.2006
• EAN: 9780674018686
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01868-6
• No. of pages: 578
• Dimensions: 211 mm x 254 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 1769 g
• Illustrations: 24 page color insert
• Series: Harvard Series on Population a; Harvard Series on Population and International Health; Harvard Series on Population and International Health; Harvard Series on Population and Development Studies; Harvard Series on Population & International Health (HUP)
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine