Second Chances: Surviving AIDS in Uganda (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780822358084)

During the first decade of this millennium, many thousands of people in Uganda who otherwise would have died from AIDS got second chances at life. A massive global health intervention, the scaling up of antiretroviral therapy (ART), saved them and created a generation of people who learned to live with treatment. As clients they joined programs that offered free antiretroviral medicine and encouraged "positive living." Because ART is not a cure but a lifelong treatment regime, its consequences are far-reaching for society, families, and individuals. Drawing on personal accounts and a broad knowledge of Ugandan culture and history, the essays in this collection explore ART from the perspective of those who received second chances. Their concerns about treatment, partners, children, work, food, and bodies reveal the essential sociality of Ugandan life. The collection is based on research undertaken by a team of social scientists including both Western and African scholars.

Contributors. Phoebe Kajubi, David Kyaddondo, Lotte Meinert, Hanne O. Mogensen, Godfrey Etyang Siu, Jenipher Twebaze, Michael A. Whyte, Susan Reynolds Whyte


Author: Susan Reynolds Whyte
ISBN-10: 0822358085
ISBN-13: 9780822358084
Publisher: Duke University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/21/2014
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.84h x 6.65w x 0.68d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/01/2014 pg. 104