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This groundbreaking work, with its unique anthropological approach, sheds new light on a central conundrum surrounding AIDS in Africa. Robert J. Thornton explores why HIV prevalence fell during the 1990's in Uganda despite that country's having one of Africa's highest fertility rates, while during the same period HIV prevalence rose in South Africa, the country with Africa's lowest fertility rate. Thornton finds that culturally and socially determined differences in the structure of sexual networks-rather than changes in individual behavior-were responsible for these radical differences in HIV prevalence. Incorporating such factors as property, mobility, social status, and political authority into our understanding of AIDS transmission, Thornton's analysis also suggests new avenues for fighting the disease worldwide.

AIDS (Disease) --- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome --- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome --- Acquired immunological deficiency syndrome --- HIV infections --- Immunological deficiency syndromes --- Virus-induced immunosuppression --- Epidemiology. --- Social aspects --- #SBIB:39A73 --- #SBIB:39A9 --- Epidemiology --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Medische antropologie / gezondheid / handicaps --- Sida --- Epidémiologie --- Aspect social --- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome --- Anthropology, Cultural --- Health Policy --- Sexual Behavior --- Socioeconomic Factors --- epidemiology --- prevention & control --- methods --- 20th century south african history. --- 20th century ugandan history. --- african history. --- aids in africa. --- aids prevention. --- aids transmission. --- aids. --- anthropology. --- civil society. --- disease. --- doctor. --- family structure. --- fertility rate. --- global disaster. --- healthcare. --- hiv prevalence. --- hiv. --- individual behavior. --- local knowledge. --- medicine. --- mobility. --- omission. --- political authority. --- political response. --- politics. --- property. --- sex. --- sexual networks. --- sexual transmission. --- social status. --- south africa. --- uganda.