Sant'Egidio's Dream: How a Catholic People's Movement Is Meeting the Challenge of AIDS in Africa and Shaping the Future of Global Health

by Morozzo Della Rocca

Book Overview

The story of an innovative program of treatment for AIDS in Africa that succeeded in the face of international development agencies' "afro pessimism"

Until this century, Western governments and foundations framing policies for AIDS relief in Africa maintained that prevention alone was a preferable alternative to prevention-plus-treatment, which would be costly and impractical in Africa, or would benefit only the prosperous and well-connected.

Sant'Egidio's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1647124301
• ISBN13: 9781647124304
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher