AIDS - Meeting the Challenge: Data, Facts, Background - Softcover

Weinreich, Sonja

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2825413518 ISBN 13: 9782825413517

Publisher: World Council of Churches, 2004

Synopsis

Each year HIV/AIDS claims the lives of millions and profoundly affects the economic, political and social stability of lands and regions. If humanity is not to be overwhelmed by this disease, global solidarity and concerted action are required. This book provides essential information for coalitions working locally, regionally and globally to prevent the spread of infection and to offer humane treatment and community resources to people living with HIV/AIDS. It is based on the authors' personal experiences and research as they have engaged in the campaign to eradicate AIDS. They address matters of medical fact, and also take into consideration sociological, psychological and theological questions that inevitably arise. The book is a compendium of current information on the crisis of HIV/AIDS, with indications of how readers may continue to update their knowledge amid the constant changes in basic data, scientific developments and a flood of specialized literature. The topics covered include HIV transmission, vulnerability to infection, socio-economic contexts, stigma and discrimination, prevention, care, antiretroviral therapy, advocacy and lobbying, as well as reflections on the churches, theology and HIV/AIDS.

About this title

About the Author:

Both of the authors are medical doctors with training and experience in tropical medicine. Sonja Weinreich is HIV/AIDS adviser at the German Institute for Medical Mission (DIFAM) in Tubingen, Germany. Christoph Benn, deputy director of the same Institute 1998-2003, is now director of external relations at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Geneva, Switzerland.

About this edition

• Publisher: World Council of Churches
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 2825413518
• ISBN 13: 9782825413517
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 118