The Republic of Therapy: Triage and Sovereignty in West Africa's Time of AIDS

by Vinh-Kim Nguyen

Book Overview

The Republic of Therapy tells the story of the global response to the HIV epidemic from the perspective of community organizers, activists, and people living with HIV in West Africa. Drawing on his experiences as a physician and anthropologist in Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire, Vinh-Kim Nguyen focuses on the period between 1994, when effective antiretroviral treatments for HIV were discovered, and 2000, when the global health community acknowledged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822348748
• ISBN13: 9780822348740
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"