Studies the impact of HIV/AIDS on the political system of 12 local municipalities in South Africa. This exploratory study by democracy institute Idasa investigates the epidemic's effect on accountability, effectiveness and legitimacy amongst directly elected councillors, against a back-drop of extreme dissatisfaction with local government performance by historically disadvantaged South Africans. 124pp, SOUTH AFRICA. IDASA.

With searing honesty, tender prose and outrageous humour, Adam Levin takes us through the daily trials of living with AIDS, travelling from promiscuity and dangerous denial, through the terrors of imminent mortality, to face the realities of his disease. But this books power lies not only in its value as a guide for coping with life-threatening illnesses, but in the rich quality of the narrative. Winner of the 2006 Alan Paton Award for non-fiction. 180pp, SOUTH AFRICA. ZEBRA PRESS.

Studies the interactions between the South African government and the international AIDS control regime, to examine the emergence of an epistemic community and also the develop-ment of a counter-epistemic community offering fundamentally different understandings of AIDS and radically different policy prescriptions. Explores how individuals have become influential in the crafting of the South African government's AIDS policies, despite universal condemnation from the international scientific community. Index, Index, bib, 154pp, UK. ASHGATE.

A study of the ethical problems afflicting the health sector. Using case studies the authors look at the misconduct of health professionals towards civilians, prisoners and military personnel; records the failings of health professional organisations, statutory councils and training institutions to provide health care under apartheid; documents the misuse of scientific research; acknowledges the courage of those health professionals who upheld human rights; and identifies current human rights and ethical dilemmas in the context of democratic transformation. B/w illus, bib, index, 246pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN PRESS.

Examines the history of the famous hospital (where the first heart transplant which took place in 1967), recordinging the experiences of staff and patients, clinical practice and research, and the social and political environment in which the hospital has operated. 340pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

Drawing on rich and poignant interviews with mothers who have been diagnosed HIV-positive, explores the situation in which two very powerful identities, those of motherhood and of being HIV-positive, collide in the same moment. This collision takes place at the interface of complex, and often split, social and personal meanings concerning the sanctity of motherhood and the anxieties of HIV. The book offers an interpretation of how these personal and social meanings resonate with, and also fail to encompass, the experiences surrounding HIV-positive mothers. 240pp, SOUTH AFRICA. WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS.

The changes taking place within family medicine in South Africa today affect the provision of health care in both public and private sectors. From 2008, every new GP will have to be trained in a public-sector district hospital, and will have to acquire some experience and knowledge of rural health problems. The new GPs working in the private sector will be required to demon-strate a palpable commitment to the provision of social justice and equity in health. The doctors of tomorrow will not only be more skilled in dealing with day-to-day primary health-care issues, but will also be qualified to perform procedures that were previously the exclusive preserve of medical specialists. This book intends to give both medical practitioners and the general public some insight into the background of family practice in South Africa, and highlight a way forward that will give effect to the constitutional right to health care for all through improved access to quality primary health services. 96pp, SOUTH AFRICA. NISC.

Identifies a complex situation of adverse side effects from a drug widely regarded as harmless. Argues that it is not a realistic expectation that ravers will stop using Ecstasy en masse and that the best educators can hope for in place of total abstinence is publicizing potentially life saving information. Index, bib, apps, 151pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS.

The provision of universal access to healthcare, a right enshrined in the South African Constitu-tion, is the responsibility of government. Although much progress has been made towards the creation of a national health system which makes 'access to health for all' a reality, much remains to be done. 64pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL.

The proceedings of a seminar hosted by the Department of Social Development and the Child, Youth and Family Development Research Programme of the HSRC in October 2002. Topics include Fertility, Poverty and Gender, HIV/AIDS and Fertility and Fertility Issues in Southern Africa. Refs, tables, graphs, xx, 124pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL, 0796920354

Reports the results of a survey of health professionals in South Africa conducted in 2005-6 by the Southern African Migratory Project (SAMP). 56pp, SOUTH AFRICA. IDASA.

In August 2004, South Africa officially legalized the practice of traditional healers. Largely in response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and limited both by the number of practitioners and by patients access to treatment, biomedical practitioners looked toward the country's traditional healers as important agents in the development of medical education and treatment. This collaboration has not been easy. The two medical cultures embrace different ideas about the body and the origin of illness, but they do share a history of commercial and ideological competition and different relations to state power. This book is an historical perspective to these interactions and an understanding that is vital for the development of medical strategies to effectively deal with South Africa’ healthcare challenges. Index, bib, gloss, notes, b/w photos, 274pp, USA. OHIO U P.

Highlights the key issues that constitute and affect health law in post apartheid South Africa and offers innovative ideas on how the law can be used to protect and serve its people more effectively. Examines the South African health system from a rights perspective and makes recommendations for future policy and egislative development and challenges health personnel, policy makers and users of the health system to defend the human right to health. Index, bib, notes, apps, 506pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SIBERINK.

Provides the first available evidence of the influence of the pandemic on the democratic process. It is part of an ongoing Africa-wide study by the Governance and AIDS Programme of the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA). It demonstrates that HIV/AIDS is not just a health crisis, but a pandemic that has implications for political and social processes. Predicts that HIV/AIDS may undermine the democratic project in South Africa and Africa by destabilising electoral systems, reducing political party support bases and decreasing the participation in public policy processes of infected citizens. Index, notes, bib, charts, tables, 209pp, SOUTH AFRICA. IDASA.

Multidisciplinary overview of the discourse on HIV/AIDS and explores the concept of human security and the global development agenda. Contributions are drawn from a diverse group of academics and activists who examine how the epidemic intersects with politics, society, culture and the economy in South Africa, addressing human rights, gender inequality, prisons, the military, the education sector, rural livelihoods and the orphan crisis. Index, 265pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

Definitive textbook covering all aspects of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, from basic science to medicine, sociology, economics and politics. Written by a team of southern African HIV experts, it provides a thoroughly researched account of the epidemic in the region. Topics covered include: the numbers behind the epidemic, both as evolution and in their current state; the science of the virus, including its structure, diagnosis and spread; HIV risk factors and prevention strategies; focal population groups; the impact of AIDS in all aspects of South African life; the treatment of HIV and AIDS; the politics of AIDS; mathematical modelling; and a discussion on the future of AIDS in South Africa. Index, charts, tables, diags, 592pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS. 0521616298

Of approximately 37 million HIV positive people in the world, 24.7 million live in sub-Saharan Africa and about 5..5 million in South Africa. Despite its relatively powerful economy and infrastructure, South Africa has been dramatically affected by the HIV pandemic. Using narrative analysis of a three year interview study and textual analysis of political materials, HIV in South Africa examines the impact of HIV on people's everyday lives in the country. Examining the relationship between personal accounts of living with HIV and wider medical, political and religious discourses, the book also highlights the significance of class, race and gender on individuals' experiences. These engaging stories of everyday lives provide an accessible way to connect with HIV as a health and development issue. Index, bib, notes, 229pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

Draws together the latest statistics and analyses on the impacts of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the children of South Africa and provides a comprehensive discussion of current interventions and their effectiveness to address the situation. The epidemic is and will continue to have a devastating impact upon all of South African society. Over 5 million citizens are infected. One vulnerable group in South African society who will be harmed by the epidemic is children. About 18 million children live in South Africa. 240pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

Exploration of the brief life and perplexing death of Fana Khaba , a.k.a. Khabzela, a youth icon whose brief life mirrors that of the first generation to reach adulthood after apartheid. Brought up in dire poverty in Soweto , he managed against all the odds to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a DJ. No sooner had he achieved this, than he fell ill with AIDS. The central question of this account is: why he didn't take anti- retrovirals and save his own life. Liz McGregor's search for an answer takes the reader on a journey through modern South Africa ; the taxi wars and the birth of the kwaito generation, the negotiation of sexual relations in a world where sex can mean death and the flourishing of a new industry of miracle-peddlers feeding off the AIDS epidemic. By the former deputy editor of the Comment and Analysis pages of The Guardian. 252pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

South Africa has the worst AIDS epidemic in the world. Using interviews with migrant workers, sex workers and young men and women in a mining community, the author assesses the reasons why the present programmes of education and treatment are not halting the rapid spread of the virus. Index, notes, ix, 214pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

A photographic guide to the most commonly used and best known South African plant medicines, including their botany, main traditional uses and active ingredients. Includes more than 500 colour photographs and distribution maps. Index, bib, gloss, 336pp, SOUTH AFRICA. BRIZA.

The AIDS pandemic and denialism is an international issue and South Africa is a flash point case study. This volume is a history of AIDS policy in South Africa. It exposes the strategy and tactics of AIDS denialists and focuses on the struggle for antiretrovirals to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and to extend the lives of people living with AIDS. 257pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

Guide to the National Health Act (NHA) of South Africa, arguably the most important Act passed by its parliament to give effect to the right of everyone to have access to health care services. This right is guaranteed by section 27 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, which places express obligations on the state to progressively realise socio-economic rights, including access to health care. 188pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SIBERINK.

Ten years after the end of apartheid, the importance of memory work has never appeared more clearly in a country which still battles with the legacy of years of discrimination and abuse. This is particularly true of the children affected by HIV/AIDS and their families who are the main beneficiaries of the Memory Box Programme established in 2000 at the University of KwaZulu- Natal. The methodology which is presented in this book provides a framework in which memory work can be done as safely as possible o the benefit of the people concerned. The memories of the families are kept in a memory box which contains the story of the deceased parents as well as various objects pertaining to their history. 102pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CLUSTER PUBLICATIONS.

South Africa is the richest and most developed country on the African continent, yet it has failed to arrest the dramatic progression of its domestic AIDS epidemic. This book analyses succes-sive governments' management (and mismanagement) of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Covers the years 1982-2005, using expert thinking regarding public policy making to identify gaps in the public sector's handling of the epidemic. The book highlights critical lessons for policy makers and other public health managers. Bib, index, 264pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

A reader for students studying community psychology. It brings together some of the best recent work written form critical, social constructionist, participatory and liberatory perspectives. Provides a broad introduction to community psychology, power and social formations and posits a liberatory response utilising critical analysis, self-definition and collective action. Tables, charts, duotone illus, no pagination, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN PRESS.

Why does South Africa have one of the worst AIDS epidemics in the world, and why have all attempts to deal with it led to deepening controversy and strife? This is an historical account that gets to grip with these vexing questions. It explains how, and why, AIDS conquered one of the richest countries on the African continent. Index, bib, notes, 352pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DOUBLE STOREY BOOKS.

Suicidal behaviour in the world and in South Africa has reached critical proportions. This cuts across all ethnic, gender and age groups, but a disturbing shift has emerged as increasingly more young and black South Africans are affected. This book explores why individuals succumb to suicidal behaviour. It examines and updates current statistics that provide clues to the circumstances surrounding suicidal behaviour; questions the misconceptions associated with such behaviour; offers prevention and management solutions ; and suggests further research needs. Index, bib, 233pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

At the end of a steep gravel road in one of the remotest corners of South Africa's Eastern Cape lies the village of Ithanga. Home to a few hundred villagers, the majority of them unemployed, it is inconceivably poor. It is to here that award-winning author Jonny Steinberg travels to explore the lives of a community caught up in a battle to survive the ravages of the greatest plague of our times, the African AIDS epidemic. He befriends Sizwe, a young local man who refuses to be tested for Aids despite the existence of a well-run testing and anti-retroviral programme. It is his deep ambivalence, rooted in his deep sense of the cultural divide, that becomes the key to understanding the dynamics that thread their way through a complex and traditional rural community. As Steinberg grapples to get closer to finding answers that remain maddeningly just out of reach, he realizes that he must look within himself to unravel certain riddles. Index, b/w photos, 405pp, UK. VINTAGE.

Since the democratic elections in 1994, there have been concerted efforts to redress race and gender inequalities in South Africa. Learners and teachers have responded in their own ways to change and this nuanced analysis reveals their struggles to realise gender equality by living gender differently. In distinguishing short-term interventions to change behaviour from institu-tional approaches, which seek to transform school structures, this book offers a new framework for understanding gender-equality initiatives. 256pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

Why were so few people able to declare publicly that the Emperor had no clothes? How was it that a health Minister was allowed to tout garlic, olive oil, lemons and beetroot over anti-retrovirals? This collection of essays by some of South Africa's foremost HIV/AIDS writers, doctors and activists, takes us down the rabbit hole of AIDS denialism. It is a lively reconstruction of one of the most bewildering events of post-apartheid South Africa, when the democratic government questioned the link between HIV and AIDS and disputed the efficacy of antiretroviral drugs. During this period, thousands of people died unnecessarily as their treatment became the subject of intellectual debate by politicians. 232pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

Aimed at academics, students and health care professionals this volume looks at the social, cultural and historical aspects of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. The authors question how HIV/AIDS understood in various cultural belief systems and what can be done to deal with the epidemic. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. Index, bib, notes, 143pp, LYNNE RIENNER.

The story of Nkosi Johnson, a South Africa boy born with AIDS who became an icon for the struggle against the disease. The author describes his short life and the courage of his foster mother Gail. 243pp, UK. PENGUIN BOOKS USA.

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A leading medical anthropologist takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisis - the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. He traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to the colonial period. Mbeki's funding of questionable medical research to cast doubt on the benefits of preventing mother-to-child transmission, and his embrace of dissidents who challenge the viral theory of AIDS, are contextualized here through an exploration of issues of race and genocide that surround this controversy. Basing his discussion on vivid ethnographical data collected in the townships of Johannesburg, he argues that the epidemiological crisis in South Africa is a demographic catastrophe as well as a human tragedy, one that cannot be understood without reference to institutionalized racial inequality as the fundamental principle of government during the past century. Index, bib, 365pp, USA. CALIFORNIA U P.

When Edwin Cameron announced to a stunned local and international media that he - one of South Africa's most prominent citizens - was himself living with the HIV/AIDS virus, the impact was immediate. In this memoir, he grapples with the meaning of HIV/AIDS and confronts the possibility of his own lingering death. A narrative mixed with recollections of his destitute childhood and his daily duties as a senior judge and international human rights lawyer, while focusing always on the epidemic's central issues: stigma, unjust discrimination and, most vitally, the life-and-death question of access to treatment. Index, notes, b/w photos, 238pp, UK. I B TAURIS.

This book addresses practical issues of HIV/Aids in South Africa, what it is, how it is spread, what can be done to avoid becoming HIV positive and how to live positively if you are infected. All these issues are discussed in the context of the workplace. 136pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JUTA PUBLISHERS.

An inventory of over 1,000 Zulu medicinal plants based on a literature survey from the late nineteenth century to the present. It includes updated botanical names, synonyms, common English and Afrikaans names, data on the medicinal usage of the plants, known physiological effects, chemical compounds and biological properties. Healing properties are also indicated. A4 size, refs, indexes, 450pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS