International politics of HIV/AIDS: global disease - local pain Hakan Seckinelgin.
Material type: TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.Description: xi, 193 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0415413834 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 0415413842 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0203946154 (ebk.)
- 9780415413831 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780415413848 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780203946152 (ebk.)
- AIDS (Disease) -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- AIDS (Disease) -- International cooperation
- HIV Infections -- Africa South of the Sahara
- Health Policy -- Africa South of the Sahara
- International Agencies -- Africa South of the Sahara
- International Cooperation -- Africa South of the Sahara
- Policy Making -- Africa South of the Sahara
- RA643.86.A35 SEC
- RA643.86.A35 SEC
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Books | JST Library SpecialCollection | RA<br>Public aspects of medicine | SPC RA 643.86.A35 SEC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 102939 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-186) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction ; History of globalised diseases -- 1. Governance of HIV/AIDS -- Internationalisation -- International perspective -- Governance -- Governance context -- 2. Constructing agency in the time of an epidemic -- Institutionalisation -- Agency -- NGOs and HIV/AIDS : a question of agency -- Why does this matter? -- Conclusion -- 3. Medicalisation -- Medicalisation -- Signs of medicalisation -- 4. What do we need to know for HIV/AIDS interventions in Africa? -- How do we think about this? -- We know what works! -- People's experiences of 'our knowledge' -- Colliding knowledge domains -- How do we rethink what we know? -- Implications of this approach -- Conclusion -- 5. Language as a transformative mechanism -- Definitions and actions -- Civil society - definition or description? -- Why does this matter? -- Conclusion : time to wake up -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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