Mortal Combat

AIDS Denialism and the Struggle for Antiretrovirals in South Africa

• Author(s): Nicoli Nattrass,
• Publisher: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
• Pages: 257
• ISBN_10: 1869141326
  ISBN_13: 9781869141325
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Health & Fitness / Diseases & Conditions / AIDS & HIV , History / Social History , Medical / AIDS & HIV , Medical / Health Care Delivery , Political Science / Public Policy / Health Care , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Disease & Health Issues ,

Description:... Mortal Combat is a history of AIDS policy in South Africa. The book exposes the strategy and tactics of AIDS denialists and focuses on the struggle for antiretrovirals to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and to extend the lives of people living with AIDS. *** "AIDS denialism has resulted in the deaths of at least hundreds of thousands of people. Nattrass's book provides an important service to the world and will save lives." - Mark Wainberg, Director of the McGill U. AIDS Centre, past President of the International AIDS Society, and co-chair of the Toronto 2006 AIDS Conference