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In this book, France's leading medical anthropologist takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisis-the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Didier Fassin traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to the colonial period. One person in ten is infected with HIV in South Africa, and President Thabo Mbeki has initiated a global controversy by funding questionable medical research, casting doubt on the benefits of preventing mother-to-child transmission, and embracing dissidents who challenge the viral theory of AIDS. Fassin contextualizes Mbeki's position by sensitively exploring issues of race and genocide that surround this controversy. Basing his discussion on vivid ethnographical data collected in the townships of Johannesburg, he passionately demonstrates that the unprecedented epidemiological crisis in South Africa is a demographic catastrophe as well as a human tragedy, one that cannot be understood without reference to the social history of the country, in particular to institutionalized racial inequality as the fundamental principle of government during the past century.

AIDS (Disease) --- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome --- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome --- Acquired immunological deficiency syndrome --- HIV infections --- Immunological deficiency syndromes --- Virus-induced immunosuppression --- Social aspects --- Political aspects --- Government policy --- #SBIB:39A73 --- #SBIB:39A9 --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Medische antropologie / gezondheid / handicaps --- Sociology of health --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Infectious diseases. Communicable diseases --- South Africa --- Sida --- Aspect social --- Aspect politique --- Politique gouvernementale --- aids epidemic. --- aids. --- anc government. --- anthropology. --- apartheid. --- colonial period. --- colonialism. --- demographic studies. --- dissidents. --- epidemiology. --- ethnography. --- genocide. --- global aids crisis. --- global controversy. --- government and governing. --- health. --- hiv. --- human tragedy. --- johannesburg. --- medical anthropology. --- medical research. --- medical. --- mother to child transmission. --- political. --- politics. --- president thabo mbeki. --- questionable medical research. --- race theory. --- racial inequality. --- social history. --- south africa. --- south african history. --- viral theory.