HIV/AIDS

Author: Alan Whiteside
Edition: 1st
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B000SIDCX6
Category: Medical

HIV/AIDS: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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The first case was identified in 1981; by 2004 it was estimated that about 40 million people were living with the disease, and about 20 million had died.

Despite rapid scientific advances there is still no cure and the drugs are expensive and toxic. Because of controversies and taboos surrounding safe drug usage and prostitution, the numbers of people infected continues to rise. However, it is in the developing world and especially parts of Africa that the real catastrophe is unfolding. In some of the worst affected countries life expectancy has plummeted to below 35 years, which has led to a serious decline in economic growth, a sharp rise in

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The first case was identified in 1981; by 2004 it was estimated that about 40 million people were living with the disease, and about 20 million had died.

Despite rapid scientific advances there is still no cure and the drugs are expensive and toxic. Because of controversies and taboos surrounding safe drug usage and prostitution, the numbers of people infected continues to rise. However, it is in the developing world and especially parts of Africa that the real catastrophe is unfolding he first case was identified in 1981; by 2004 it was estimated that about 40 million people were living with the disease, and about 20 million had died.

Despite rapid scientific advances there is still no cure and the drugs are expensive and toxic. Because of controversies and taboos surrounding safe drug usage and prostitution, the numbers of people infected continues to rise. However, it is in the developing world and especially parts of Africa that the real catastrophe is unfolding. In some of the worst affected countries life expectancy has plummeted to below 35 years, which has led to a serious decline in economic growth, a sharp rise in

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