Ebook: HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years On: Psychosocial Perspectives

HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years On

Edited by Poul Rohleder, Leslie Swartz, Seth Kalichman, and Leickness Chisamu Simbayi

Much has happened since the first appearance of AIDS in 1981: it has been identified, studied, and occasionally denied. The virus has shifted host populations and spread globally. Medicine, the social sciences, and world governments have joined forces to combat and prevent the disease. And South Africa has emerged as ground zero for the pandemic.

The editors of HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years On present the South African crisis as a template for addressing the myriad issues surrounding the epidemic worldwide, as the book brings together a widely scattered body of literature, analyzes psychosocial and sexual aspects contributing to HIV transmission and prevention, and delves into complex intersections of race, gender, class, and politics. Including largely overlooked populations and issues (e.g., prisoners, persons with disabilities, stigma), as well as challenges shaping future research and policy, the contributors approach their topics with rare depth, meticulous research, carefully drawn conclusions, and profound compassion. Among the topics covered:

• The relationship between HIV and poverty, starting from the question, "Which is the determinant and which is the consequence?"
• Epidemiology of HIV among women and men: concepts of femininity and masculinity, and gender inequities as they affect HIV risk; gender-specific prevention and intervention strategies.
• The impact of AIDS on infants and young children: risk and protective factors; care of children by HIV-positive mothers; HIV-infected children.
• Current prevention and treatment projects, including local-level responses, community-based work, and VCT (voluntary counseling and testing) programs.
• New directions: promoting circumcision, vaccine trials, "positive prevention."
• South Africa’s history of AIDS denialism.

The urgent lessons in this book apply both globally and locally, making HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years On uniquely instructive and useful for professionals working in HIV/AIDS and global public health. With foreword by Edwin Cameron, Constitutional Court of South Africa.

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The sociocultural aspects of HIV / AIDS in South Africa /, HIV and women /, Masculinity and HIV / AIDS /, HIV and youth: a behavioural perspective /, Infants and young children affected by HIV / AIDS /, Poverty and HIV and AIDS /, HIV and stigma in South Africa /, The politics and psychology of AIDS denialism /, Local-level responses to HIV / AIDS in South Africa /, Social Movements and HIV / AIDS in South Africa /, Approaches to HIV counselling and testing: strengths and weaknesses, and challenges for the way forward /, Vertical transmission of HIV - pregnancy and infant issues /, HIV / AIDS, nutrition and structural interventions in South Africa: a move in the right direction /, Strengthening community responses to AIDS: possibilities and challenges /, HIV / AIDS, religion and spirituality /, Experiences of People living with HIV /, Positive prevention: HIV risk reduction for people living with HIV / AIDS /, HIV / AIDS and persons with disabilities /, HIV / AIDS and the prison system /, HIV and circumcision /, Participation in HIV vaccine trials /, Bridging the gap between HIV and mental health services in South Africa /; Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala, Leickness C. Simbayi, and Allanise Cloete --, Rachel Jewkes --, Graham Lindegger and Michael Quayle --, Arvin Bhana and Inge Petersen --, Linda Richter, Alan Stein, Lucie Cluver, and Julia de Kadt --, Olive Shisana, Nonpumelelo Zungu, and Sinawe Pezi --, Harriet Deacon, Leana Uys, and Rakgadi Mohlahlane --, Nicoli Nattrass and Seth C. Kalichman --, Kevin Kelly and Mirjam van Donk --, Christopher J. Colvin and Steven Robins --, Heidi van Rooyen, Linda Richter, Thomas J. Coates, and Merridy Boettiger --, Lorraine Sherr --, Mark Tomlinson, Scott Drimie, Leslie Swartz, and Poul Rohleder --, Catherine Campbell, Yugi Nair, Sbongile Maimane, and Andrew Gibbs --, Yoesrie Toefy --, Lumka Daniel and Corinne Squire --, Seth C. Kalichman and Leickness C. Simbayi --, Poul Rohleder, Leslie Swartz, Arne Henning Eide, and Hayley MacGregor --, Lukas Muntingh and Chris Tapscott --, Dirk Taljaard and Chiweni Chimbwete --, Anthea Lesch, Zuhayr Kafaar, and Ashraf Kagee --, Pamela Y. Collins and Melvyn Freeman

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