War in the Blood
Sex, Politics and AIDS in Southeast Asia
Zed Books · Print & ebook · August 15, 2017
Effective treatment for HIV and AIDS came in 1996.
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- Who it’s for
- Chris Beyrer examines HIV and AIDS in Southeast Asia alongside global failures to protect vulnerable communities.
- Genres
- HIV & AIDS, Public Health, Gay Studies
- Published
- Zed Books, August 15, 2017
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Effective treatment for HIV and AIDS came in 1996. For sufferers in the developed world, this marked a true watershed moment: the end of the death sentence. But for many in the developing world, including in Southeast Asia, these new treatments remained far out of reach. In his early thirties, following the loss of his partner to an AIDS-related illness, Chris Beyrer wrote the first edition ofWar in the Blood.
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Three decades later, having served as president of the International AIDS Society, he believes we have arrived at an extraordinary milestone. For the first time, a patient has been demonstrably cured of HIV, new vaccine trials in Thailand have shown great promise, and the PrEP programme genuinely works. So why are over half of the estimated 38.8 million people living with HIV still not on treatment?War in the Bloodis a labour of love, both a celebratory account of Southeast Asia and the story of our failure to protect those most vulnerable the world over - gay men, adolescent girls, sex workers, drug users, and transgender women. Beyrer offers an impassioned plea for our communities and governments - and our own hearts and minds - to stop denying the realities of sex, sexuality, and gender, and to take affirmative action.
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Chris Beyrer examines HIV and AIDS in Southeast Asia alongside global failures to protect vulnerable communities.
Come here for
- Southeast Asia’s HIV and AIDS story
- The gap between treatment advances and access
Expect
- A celebratory account of Southeast Asia
- A plea to confront realities of sex, sexuality, and gender
Where it sits
| HIV & AIDS | 54% |
|---|---|
| Gay Studies | 36% |
| Public Health | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- HIV & AIDS
- Preventive Medicine
- Sociology
- Authors
- Chris Beyrer
- Publisher
- Zed Books
- Published
- August 15, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- HIV & AIDS