AIDS / HIV IN AFRICA
DEFINITION: "Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a fatal disease that emerged by the late 1970s in Africa and the United States..."Ninety percent of the more than 40 million people who had contracted HIV/AIDS by 1998 lived in less developed countries; more than two-thirds of the total, some 35 million, were Africans. Nearly half of those infected were female." Africana, the Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience.
NARROW THE TOPIC:
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How have South African companies responded to the crisis?
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How has the international community responded to the crisis?
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What can be done to help children orphaned by AIDS?
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How have African women been affected
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Should limited resources be allocated to education or treatment?
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How can the problem of the cost of drugs be resolved?
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Compare the situation of another African country with South Africa or India.
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What are the different challenges of sex education in Africa?
LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--Africa; Children of AIDS patients--Services for--Africa; AIDS (Disease)--Africa, Medical anthropology--Africa; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--Africa
SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:
| United Nations Yearbook | REF JX 1977 .A37 Y4 |
| Human Rights | REF K 3240.4 .H847 1999 |
| Africana: the Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience | REF DT 14 .A37435 1999 |
| Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases | REF RA 643.E53 2007 |
| Human Rights Encyclopedia | REF JC 571 .L523 2001 |
AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:
| At Issue: Aids in Developing Countries; The Spread of Aids: Responding to the Aids Epidemic (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale) Database) |
| CQ Researcher Plus Archive (CQ Press) "Aiding Africa" 8/29/2003; "Drug Company Ethics" 6/06/2003; "Ending Poverty" 9/09/2005; “Battling HIV/AIDS” 11/14/07 |
| Issues and Controversies (Facts on File) "Drug Patents and Developing Countries" 3/28/2003; "Worldwide Aids Epidemic" 6/24/2005; "Public Health Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa" |
Opposing Viewpoints: Epidemics; Aids; Third World; Sexually Transmitted Diseases (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale) Database)
STATISTICS:
Information Plus: AIDS/HIV (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale) Database)
United Nations Demographic Yearbook REF HA 17 .D45
CDC Global Aids Program http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/gap/countries/default.htm
Unaids http://www.unaids.org/en/Publications/default.asp
ELECTRONIC INDEXES:
| Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) | Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale) | OmniFile Full Text Select Edition (Wilson) |
| Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale) |
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Issues and Controversies (Facts on File) |
FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS: America's Newspapers (NewsBank)
SUGGESTED INTERNET SITES:
| AIDS Net African Links | http://www.aidsnet.co.za/ |
| Joint United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS | http://www.unaids.org/ |
| AllAfrica.com News | http://allafrica.com/aids/ |
| Avert.org | http://www.avert.org/wwhiv.htm |
| U.S. Centers for Disease Control Global Aids Program | http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/gap/countries/ |
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