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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101107195594
ISBN-139781107195592
eBay Product ID (ePID)240310470
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
Publication NameDoomed Interventions : the Failure of Global Responses to Aids in Africa
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPublic Health, Aids & Hiv, Diseases / Aids & Hiv, American Government / General, Allied Health Services / Medical Assistants
Publication Year2017
TypeTextbook
AuthorKim Yi Dionne
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Health & Fitness, Medical
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14.8 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.2 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2017-471067
ReviewsAdvance praise: 'In this sophisticated and insightful book, Kim Yi Dionne illuminates the challenges to global intervention against AIDS in Africa. With multi-method research and rich data, Dionne convincingly shows the disconnect between the priorities of international donors and the intended beneficiaries of aid and she argues that global intervention is undermined when donor priorities are privileged over citizens' priorities.' Dominika Koter, Colgate University, New York
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal362.19697/920096
Table Of Content1. Introduction; 2. AIDS in Africa: a significant challenge and a disconnected response; 3. Principal-agent problems and AIDS interventions in Africa; 4. AIDS in Malawi; 5. Policy priorities in the time of AIDS; 6. Seeing like a village: headmen as agents of the global AIDS intervention; 7. Conclusion.
SynopsisThis book is for students and scholars studying political economy, public policy, and global health, and all those who are interested in knowing how ordinary Africans think about the response to the AIDS epidemic. It studies the divergent priorities of donors and citizens in response to AIDS intervention in Africa., Between 2002 and 2013, bilateral donors spent over $64 billion on AIDS intervention in low- and middle-income countries. During the same period, nearly 25 million died of AIDS and more than 32 million were newly infected with HIV. In this book for students of political economy and public policy in Africa, as well as global health, Kim Yi Dionne tries to understand why AIDS interventions in Africa often fail. The fight against AIDS requires the coordination of multiple actors across borders and levels of governance in highly affected countries, and these actors can be the primary sources of the problem. Dionne observes misaligned priorities along the global chain of actors, and argues this misalignment can create multiple opportunities for failure. Analyzing foreign aid flows and public opinion polls, Dionne shows that while the international community highly prioritizes AIDS, ordinary Africans view AIDS as but one of the many problems they face daily.
LC Classification NumberRA643.86
