The African AIDS Epidemic. John Iliffe

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      THE AFRICAN AIDS EPIDEMIC

       A History

      THE AFRICAN AIDS EPIDEMIC

       A History

      John Iliffe

       Professor of African History

       University of Cambridge

      Ohio University Press

      ATHENS

      James Currey

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      © James Currey Ltd, 2006

      First published 2006

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       British Library Cataloging in Publication Data

      Iliffe, John

      The African Aids epidemic : a history

      1. Aids (Disease) - Africa 2. Epidemics - Africa - History - 20th century 3. Epidemics - Africa - History - 21st Century

      I. Title

      614.5′99392′0096

       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Iliffe, John

      The African Aids epidemic : a history / John Iliffe.

      p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 0-8214-1688-X (alk. paper) -- ISBN 0-8214-1689-8 (pbk.: alk. paper)

      1. Aids (Disease)--Africa--History. I. Title.

      RA643.86.A35143 2006

      614.5′993920096--dc22

      2005054660

      Typeset in 10/10.5 pt Photina

      by Long House, Cumbria

      ISBN 978-1-78204-790-2 (James Currey ePub eBook)

      ISBN 978-1-78204-990-6 (James Currey ePDF eBook)

      ISBN 978-0-8214-4273-9 (Ohio University Press eBook)

       Contents

       Maps

       Preface

       Abbreviations

       1. Intentions

       2. Origins

       3. Epidemic in Western Equatorial Africa

       4. The Drive to the East

       5. The Conquest of the South

       6. The Penetration of the West

       7. Causation: A Synthesis

       8. Responses from Above

       9. Views from Below

       10. NGOs & the Evolution of Care

       11. Death & the Household

       12. The Epidemic Matures

       13. Containment

       14. Conclusion

       Notes

       Further Reading

       Index

       Maps

       1. Western Equatorial Africa

       2. Eastern Africa

       3. Southern Africa

       4. West Africa

       Preface

      I am indebted to the staff of many libraries: University Library, Medical Library, African Studies Centre Library, and St John’s College Library, Cambridge; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; School of Oriental and African Studies, London; British Library for Development Studies, Falmer; British Library, London and Boston Spa; Library of Congress, Washington; South African National Library,