South African AIDS Activism and Global Health PoliticsSouth Africa has the world's largest number of people living with HIV. This book offers a history of AIDS activism in South Africa from its origins in gay and anti-apartheid activism to the formation and consolidation of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), including its central role in the global HIV treatment access movement. |
Contents
Health for All?Healthworker AIDSActivism 19821994 | |
Science and Sexuality in the Formation of the TAC 1994 | |
South African Moral Capital in a Global Movement 19982001 | |
The TACs Impact on Global Health | |
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