Letting Them Die: Why HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes Fail

by Catherine Campbell

Book Overview

"In the old South Africa we killed people. Now we're just letting them die." --Pieter Dirk Uys, South African satirist

Today in South Africa, HIV/AIDS kills about 5 in 10 young people. Many of the victims are miners and commercial sex workers who ply their trade in mining communities. In this critique of government-sponsored and privately funded HIV/AIDS prevention programs in South Africa, Catherine Campbell exposes why it has been so difficult...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253216354
• ISBN13: 9780253216359
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.5"