ABSTRACT

The Guide to AIDS is succinct review of HIV/AIDS from a human-interest perspective. Chapters focus on some of the common patterns and prevention of HIV transmission and debunks misconceptions about HIV and AIDS. Brief descriptions the human immune system and epidemiology of HIV are included. The cultural component of disease, treatment and living with AIDS is central to much of this guide intended to synthesize, explain and de-mystify HIV and AIDS.

section I|32 pages

The Challenge of HIV and How to Respond to It

chapter 1|5 pages

What is HIV?

chapter 2|2 pages

The Root of the Problem

chapter 3|6 pages

A Tale of Incomplete Hopes

chapter 4|3 pages

To Fund or Not to Fund

chapter 6|6 pages

Origin of HIV

section II|28 pages

A Preventable Disease

chapter 7|9 pages

AIDS

Choices and Outcomes

chapter 8|3 pages

Mosquitoes Do Not Spread HIV

chapter 9|3 pages

Remedies That Are a Hoax

chapter 10|5 pages

Circumcision

chapter 11|2 pages

Clean Needles

The Case of India

section III|25 pages

What to Do and Not Do

chapter 12|5 pages

Alcohol and AIDS

chapter 13|3 pages

TB and HIV

A Deadly Combination

chapter 14|3 pages

HIV in the Age of the Desaparecidas

chapter 15|3 pages

The Military-AIDS Complex

AIDS and International Security

chapter 16|2 pages

Counting the Costs

More Deadly Than Military Conflict

chapter 17|3 pages

AIDS Orphans

section IV|30 pages

Cultural Differences and AIDS Awareness

chapter 18|3 pages

AIDS and the Hispanic Community

chapter 19|4 pages

AIDS and African Americans

chapter 20|3 pages

Culture and AIDS Transmission

The Example of India

chapter 21|3 pages

Indian Traditions, Women, and HIV

chapter 22|5 pages

Confession and Complaint

Bad, Worse, and Worst

chapter 23|2 pages

The Language of AIDS

chapter 24|2 pages

They Died of AIDS

chapter 25|2 pages

Poetic Reflections on the AIDS Crisis