Saturday Is for Funerals

In the year 2000 the World Health Organization estimated that 85 percent of fifteen-year-olds in Botswana would...
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Author: Unity Dow
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Saturday Is for Funerals by Dow, Unity

Saturday Is for Funerals

€57,09

Saturday Is for Funerals

€57,09
Author: Unity Dow
Format: Paperback
Language: English

In the year 2000 the World Health Organization estimated that 85 percent of fifteen-year-olds in Botswana would eventually die of AIDS. In Saturday Is for Funerals we learn why that won't happen.

Unity Dow and Max Essex tell the true story of lives ravaged by AIDS--of orphans, bereaved parents, and widows; of families who devote most Saturdays to the burial of relatives and friends. We witness the actions of community leaders, medical professionals, research scientists, and educators of all types to see how an unprecedented epidemic of death and destruction is being stopped in its tracks.

This book describes how a country responded in a time of crisis. In the true-life stories of loss and quiet heroism, activism and scientific initiatives, we learn of new techniques that dramatically reduce rates of transmission from mother to child, new therapies that can save lives of many infected with AIDS, and intricate knowledge about the spread of HIV, as well as issues of confidentiality, distributive justice, and human rights. The experiences of Botswana offer practical lessons along with the critical element of hope.



Author: Unity Dow, Max Essex
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 10/15/2011
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780674061835


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About the Author
Dow, Unity: - Unity Dow is a practicing lawyer in Botswana and the author of four novels. She was formerly a judge with both the Botswana High Court and The Interim Constitutional Court of Kenya.Essex, Max: - Max Essex is Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. He has been involved in AIDS research from the earliest days of the U.S. epidemic in 1982.

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