This book offers detailed ethnographic studies from Africa and the Caribbean to explain AIDS in a global and comparative third-world context. The essays move beyond medical or epidemiological models, explaining the epidemic in its economic, social, political, and historical contexts.

PART ONE Introduction, The Anthropology of AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean, Sociocultural Aspects of AIDS in Africa: Occupational and Gender Issues, PART TWO Case Studies, AIDS in the Dominican Republic: Anthropological Reflections on the Social Nature of Disease, Community Organizing Around HIV Prevention in Rural Puerto Rico, AIDS Prevention, Treatment, and Care in Cuba, AIDS in Uganda: The First Decade, Community Based Organizations in Uganda: A Youth Initiative, Female Genital Health and the Risk of HIV Transmission, The Point of View: Perspectives on AIDS in Uganda, PART THREE Policy Issues, The HIV Epidemic as a Development Issue, Placing Women at the Center of Analysis, AIDS from Africa: A Case of Racism Vs. Science? U.S. Aid to AIDS in Africa, PART FOUR Conclusion, AIDS: Body, Mind, and History