AIDS : between science and politics / Peter Piot ; translated by Laurence Garey.

Sida dans le monde. English

New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]

ix, 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A heterogeneous and still evolving epidemic -- Hyperendemic HIV in Southern Africa : the heritage of apartheid -- AIDS as an international political issue -- A new type of transnational civil society movement -- The right to treatment -- Combination prevention -- The economics of AIDS -- Prominence of human rights -- The long-term view.

Revised and updated translation of: Le sida dans le monde: entre science et politique / Peter Piot. Paris : Odile Jacob, c2011.

Translated from the French.