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Contents
Preface
I. The HIV/AIDS Pandemic
Editor’s Introduction
1) HIV/AIDS Care in Africa Today. Allan R. Ronald and
Merle A. Sande. Clinical Infectious Diseases
2) The African AIDS Crisis and International Indifference. Mpho Selemogo.
The Humanist
3) The Church & AIDS in Africa: Condoms & the Culture of Life. Marcella
Alsan. Commonweal
4) To Tackle a Taboo: How Africa Is Opening Up a New Front in the Fight
Against AIDS. Andrew Jack. Financial Times
5) Giving Away HIV Drugs Is Not as Easy as It Seems. AIDS Alert
II. HIV/AIDS and Its Effects on Women and Orphaned
Children
Editor’s Introduction
1) Violence Against Women Complicated HIV/AIDS Struggle.
Joyce Mulama. Inter Press Service
2) Rwandan Women: AIDS Therapy Beyond Drugs. Stephanie Urdang. Africa
Renewal
3) A Tale of Two Worlds. Peter Gyves. America
4) AIDS Orphans. Oksana Kim. UN Chronicle
III. Neglected Diseases
Editor’s Introduction
1) The Impact of Cultural Behaviours, Local Beliefs, and Practices on
Emerging Parasitic Diseases in Tropical Africa. Celestine O. E. Onwuliri,
et al. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
2) Necessary Treatments. Tina Rosenberg. The New York Times
3) Malaria: The Sting of Death. Los Angeles Times
4) The Exterminator. Kirsten Weir. Current Science
5) Sight for Sore Eyes. James A. Zingeser. Natural History
IV. Problems and Solutions for African Health Care
Systems
Editor’s Introduction
1) “Brain drain” Puts Africa’s Hospitals on the Critical
List. Andrew Jack. Financial Times
2) Botswana Health Care System Needs Dialogue. Dr. Vincent Molelekwa.
Mmegi/The Reporter
3) Private Sector, Human Resources and Health Franchising in Africa. Ndola
Prata, Dominic Montagu, and Emma Jefferys. Bulletin of the World Health
Organization
4) Defining Minimum Standards of Practice for Incorporating African
Traditional Medicine into HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Support. Jaco
Homsy, M.D., M.P.H., et al. The Journal of Alternative and
Complementary Medicine
5) Sangomas Step out of the Shadows. Tom Nevin. African Business
V. U.S. Response to Africa’s Health Care Crisis
Editor’s Introduction
1) Analysis of President George W. Bush’s Emergency Plan
for AIDS Relief in Subsaharan Africa and the Caribbean. Paul S. Zeitz and
David Bryden. Emory International Law Review
2) Public-Private Partnership to Enhance Delivery of AIDS Drugs.
USInfo.State.Gov
3) Promises, Promises. Erika Casriel. The American Prospect
4) Fatal Inaction. Joshua Kurlantzick. The Washington Monthly
Appendix
Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce the African Health Capacity
Investment Act of 2006.
Durbin.senate.gov
From Remarks by the President on the G8 Summit.
George W. Bush. www.whitehouse.gov
Bibliography
Books
Web Sites
Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts
Index
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