Hiv and East Africa Thirty Years in the Shadow of an Epidemic

Informationen zum Autor Janet Seeley has been actively engaged in research on HIV and AIDS since the late 1980s, including four years with MRC in Uganda (1989-1993) when she was responsible for setting up social science research in the unit, the programme she returned to Uganda to head in 2008. She is currently Professor of International Development at the University of East Anglia, UK. Klappentext By tracing the shadow of the epidemic over the last 30 years in Uganda and more broadly in the region, this book investigates the impact of the epidemic on people's lives and livelihoods, placing the epidemic within the context of the social, political and economic changes that have occurred over the last three decades. Zusammenfassung By tracing the shadow of the epidemic over the last 30 years in Uganda and more broadly in the region, this book investigates the impact of the epidemic on people’s lives and livelihoods, placing the epidemic within the context of the social, political and economic changes that have occurred over the last three decades. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The shadow of an epidemic: an introduction 2. Learning to live with HIV - the background to an epidemic 3. Loss and grief 4. Progress and growth 5. Crises and change 6. The changing epidemic: treatment and care 7. Managing loss and forgetting pain?

Product details

• Authors: Seeley Janet, Janet Seeley
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 10.09.2013
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography
• EAN: 9780415524490
• ISBN: 978-0-415-52449-0
• Pages: 168
• Series: Routledge Studies in African Development
• Subjects: Prostitution, Aids, Uganda, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, HIV, Care, treatment, Healthcare, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, Anthropology, Tanzania, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Loss, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Health, East Africa, Health & personal development, Politics & government, Pain, Biodiversity, Environmental Economics, environmental science, engineering & technology, Regional Studies, Environmental law, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Social Anthropology, Jurisprudence & general issues, Development Studies, Environment law, Regional Geography, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Jurisprudence and general issues, HIV / AIDS, Medicine: HIV/AIDS, retroviral diseases, grief, Idi, International Development, epidemics, Dai, Young Man, Dense, Sex Trade, Spanish influenza, Large Family, Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, hiv epidemic, HIV Positive Diagnosis, CD4 Count, Art Clinic, Anti-retroviral therapy, Coffee Wilt, UVRI, Corrugated Iron Sheet Roof, Control HIV Disease, Masaka District, Low Stigma Score, Southern Uganda, NNRTI Resistance, Rakai District, Trajectory Study, NRTI, National Antiretroviral Treatment Programme, Secret HIV Status