How, and How Not, to Stop AIDS in Africa

The stigma attached to the HIV-positive, and the implied general stigma for Africa, were tragically misguided. According to survey evidence Epstein provides, Africans are no more promiscuous than most other people, as measured by numbers of sexual partners in a lifetime, casual sexual encounters, and visits to prostitutes. As she says, sexual behavior in Africa is governed by strict rules; they are just different rules from those prevailing elsewhere. She ... Full Story »

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James Ivers
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by James Ivers - Oct. 1, 2008

A much more even-handed work than most. I do feel the author has bought a little too much into the thesis of the book being discussed, but given the lack of success of what has gone before, that is not really unexpected, since the book at least gives some hope of a useful policy. On the other hand, some of the usual soft bias slips in. Not-so-subtle slap at 'fundamentalists' are really unnecessary as is the 'fundamentalist' identification. There is plenty of blame to go around. It is heartening to see someone so forcefully point out how AIDS has become a huge job machine.

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