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AIDS in Asia: A Continent in Peril

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List Price: $29.95
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Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.19697920095
EAN: 9781403967749
ISBN: 1403967741
Label: Palgrave Macmillan
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date: 2004-12-23
Studio: Palgrave Macmillan

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AIDS in Asia provides a thorough introduction to the social and economic issues surrounding the AIDS epidemic in Asia including:
* Geographic obstacles to health care

* Gender inequality and human trafficking

* Political turmoil and poor leadership

* Asia's role in the sex and drug trade

* Economic conditions and exploitation

At the crucial moment when the spread of AIDS in this region is beginning to gain worldwide recognition, distinguished expert Susan Hunter makes clear the catastrophic threat AIDS poses to Asia and the world, and draws on her experience to discuss the potential policy implications.

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Summary: Hunter's other book is better
Comment: The author appears to not have known what kind of book she wanted this to be and opted, unfortunately, for a brief history of Asia, going back centuries, instead of a tightly packed account of the killer disease in the world's most populated continent. Hunter's previous work, the excellent Black Death: AIDS in Africa, provided readers with an armful of information about AIDS, WHO, treatment, government policies, etc. The mission of this book was to focus on the feminine perspective, and provide some personal insights from infected people. In that respect, it was helpful. The bulk of the text, however, literally recounts dozens of pages of political and social history of minimal pertinence to either AIDS or other diseases generally, taking `background' information to an unnecessary extreme. This book would have been far better with these parts edited out, even at the cost of producing a much thinner volume

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