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Describes the social and economic forces that contribute to the spread of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
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<i>HIV and AIDS in Africa: Beyond Epidemiology</i> is a collection that seeks to further our understanding of AIDS by shifting the predominant understandings generated by biomedical and epidemiological research. <br /> <ul> <li style="list-style: none"><br /> </li> <li>Brings together international contributors---including often overlooked African scholars and activists---from across the social sciences to examine HIV and AIDS from angles previously unexplored.<br /> </li> <li>By presenting on-the-ground evidence and ethnographic cases, emphasizes that HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa is a complex and regionally specific phenomenon rooted in local economies, deepening poverty, migration, gender, war, global economies, and cultural politics.<br /> </li> <li>Recognizes that AIDS in Africa cannot be stemmed until social, gender, and economic inequities are addressed in meaningful ways.</li> </ul>
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