AIDS in Nepal: Communities Confronting an Emerging Epidemic

By Jill Hannum

An AmFAR Book published in association with Seven Stories Press.

In 1993, the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) began a three-year, community-based AIDS prevention program in 17 sites scattered throughout the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal, with the objective of enabling people to protect themselves and their sexual partners against HIV/AIDS through information, education, and access to means of prevention. The program also aimed to reduce people's individual and collective vulnerability to HIV/AIDS through the teaching of literacy and other skills needed for alternate income generation.

In AIDS in Nepal: Communities Confronting An Emerging Epidemic, Jill Hannum presents the voices of people who are at the forefront of the response to HIV/AIDS in Nepal. She reveals the many discoveries that the community-based organizations made through their interaction with young people and adults across the country, as they opened a dialogue on sexuality and disseminated information on safer sexual behavior in culturally appropriate ways.

This book is a powerful resource for individuals and organizations concerned with community-based health and social development programs, both within and outside Nepal. It carries a message of hope as communities and those who support them demonstrate how they can respond effectively to an emerging epidemic.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888363606
• ISBN13: 9781888363609
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"