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Author: Helen Epstein
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ISBN: B004ZM089M
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The Invisible Cure: Why We Are Losing the Fight Against AIDS in Africa

A New York Times Notable Book of 2007 AThe Invisible Cure is an account of Africa's AIDS epidemic from the inside--a revelatory dispatch from the intersection of village life, government intervention, and international aid. Download The Invisible Cure medical books for free.
Helen Epstein left her job in the US in 1993 to move to Uganda, where she began work on a test vaccine for HIV. Once there, she met patients, doctors, politicians, and aid workers, and began exploring the problem of AIDS in Africa through the lenses of medicine, politics, economics, and sociology. Amid the catastrophic failure to reverse the epidemic, she discovered a village-based solution that could prove more effective than any network of government intervention and international aid, an intuitive response Get The Invisible Cure our bestseller medical books.

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Helen Epstein left her job in the US in 1993 to move to Uganda, where she began work on a test vaccine for HIV Amid the catastrophic failure to reverse the epidemic, she discovered a village-based solution that could prove more effective than any network of government intervention and international aid, an intuitive response

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