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South African AIDS Activism and Global Health Politics
Mandisa Mbali
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Description for South African AIDS Activism and Global Health Politics
Paperback. South Africa has the world's largest number of people living with HIV. This book offers a history of AIDS activism in South Africa from its origins in gay and anti-apartheid activism to the formation and consolidation of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), including its central role in the global HIV treatment access movement. Series: Global Ethics. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHB; JHM; JPQB; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 219 x 21. Weight in Grams: 392.
South Africa has the world's largest number of people living with HIV. This book offers a history of AIDS activism in South Africa from its origins in gay and anti-apartheid activism to the formation and consolidation of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), including its central role in the global HIV treatment access movement.
South Africa has the world's largest number of people living with HIV. This book offers a history of AIDS activism in South Africa from its origins in gay and anti-apartheid activism to the formation and consolidation of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), including its central role in the global HIV treatment access movement.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
Series
Global Ethics
Number of Pages
295
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349347995
SKU
V9781349347995
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Ref
99-15
About Mandisa Mbali
Mandisa Mbali is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. She is a Rhodes scholar and obtained her doctorate in Modern History at the University of Oxford, UK. Mbali completed postdoctoral training at Yale University, USA and has published a journal article and book chapters on post–apartheid AIDS activism ... Read more
Reviews for South African AIDS Activism and Global Health Politics
"The book is particularly good at demonstrating the ways in which the historical context affected the development of AIDS activism, and how the transition to democracy both opened up new opportunities and brought new difficulties . . . As Mbali's book rightly reminds us, the struggle for global health justice is founded on the work of grassroots campaigners. Activists really ... Read more