African Women's Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS
Title | African Women's Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS PDF eBook |
Author | L. Fuller |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2008-10-27 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0230616208 |
This is an in-depth look at the biomedical, socio-cultural, economic, legal and political, and educational vulnerabilities faced by the population that is most vulnerable to the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS: African women.
African Women's Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS
Title | African Women's Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS PDF eBook |
Author | L. Fuller |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 309 |
Release | 2008-11-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9781403984050 |
This is an in-depth look at the biomedical, socio-cultural, economic, legal and political, and educational vulnerabilities faced by the population that is most vulnerable to the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS: African women.
Don't Sleep African Women: Powerlessness and HIV/AIDS Vulnerability Among Kenyan Women
Title | Don't Sleep African Women: Powerlessness and HIV/AIDS Vulnerability Among Kenyan Women PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Dorrance Publishing |
Pages | 110 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1434945057 |
International Perspectives on Women and HIV
Title | International Perspectives on Women and HIV PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel A MacMaster |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2013-09-13 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1317994892 |
Throughout the world, the threat of HIV/AIDS to women’s health has become the focus of increased concern. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2004) reports that almost 20 million women and girls are living with HIV globally, accounting for nearly half of all people living with HIV worldwide. Infection rates among women are rising in every region worldwide including high-income countries in which heterosexual intercourse may now be the most common mode of transmission. Although there are many contributing factors to the current trends in HIV, most women who become HIV-infected do not practice "high-risk" behaviour. Women worldwide may individually view themselves as less susceptible than men, and may pay less attention about how HIV is transmitted and how to prevent infection. There are also gender inequalities, stemming from sexual double standards that constrain women’s access to care, treatment, and support. This work focuses on international perspectives on women and HIV casting a deliberately wide net addressing the issue of the interaction between HIV and gender in a specific geographic area. Our intention is to provide a forum for innovative manuscripts whose contribution to the literature is found in their unique approach to this interaction and application of empirical investigation to unique problems and/or populations. This material was published in the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.
Vulnerabilities, Impacts, and Responses to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title | Vulnerabilities, Impacts, and Responses to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Getnet Tadele |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 287 |
Release | 2013-05-07 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1137009950 |
This book examines HIV/AIDS vulnerabilities, impacts and responses in the socioeconomic and cultural context of Sub-Saharan Africa. With contributions from social scientists and public health experts, the volume identifies gender inequality and poverty as the main causes of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa.
Just Die Quietly, Domestic Violence and Women's Vulnerability to HIV in Uganda
Title | Just Die Quietly, Domestic Violence and Women's Vulnerability to HIV in Uganda PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Karanja |
Publisher | Human Rights Watch |
Pages | 79 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | HIV-positive women |
ISBN |
HIV/AIDS in South Africa
Title | HIV/AIDS in South Africa PDF eBook |
Author | S. S. Abdool Karim |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 612 |
Release | 2010-06-17 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9781139487931 |
This second edition of the book provides up-to-date information on new drugs, new proven HIV prevention interventions, a new chapter on positive prevention, and current HIV epidemiology. This definitive text covers all aspects of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, from basic science to medicine, sociology, economics and politics. It has been written by a highly respected team of South African HIV/AIDS experts and provides a thoroughly researched account of the epidemic in the region.