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The Political Management of HIV and AIDS in South Africa: One Burden Too Many? 2006th Edition
Author(s): P. Fourie (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 12 July 2006
- Edition: 2006th
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 0230516963
- ISBN-13: 9780230516960
Book Description
This book analyzes successive governments' management of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. The book covers the years 1982-2005, using expert thinking regarding public policy making to identify gaps in the public sector's handling of the epidemic. It highlights critical lessons for policy makers and other public health managers.
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About the Author
PIETER FOURIE teaches Politics at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2003-2004 he worked for UNAIDS in London as a researcher on a scenario-building project regarding the impact of AIDS in Africa over the next 20 years, and he remains involved in a number of AIDS projects in South Africa and Southern Africa.
