Nana K. Poku, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Alan Whiteside is a Director of Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, Professor of The University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Leverhulme Professor in the Centre for AIDS Research at the University of Southampton and also a Visiting Professor at the University of Liverpool.

'Apart from delineating the vulnerability of the communities most affected by HIV/AIDS, the volume does an excellent job in detailing the ramifications of the epidemic in causing a livelihood crisis with many faces: demographic, nutritional, economic and political...the volume is a welcome addition to the body of knowledge attempting to shed light on the most complex development problem facing Africa.' International Affairs

• Contents: Introduction: Africa's HIV/AIDS crisis, Nana K. Poku and Alan Whiteside; Responding to AIDS in crisis situations, Alan Whiteside; Legitimate actors? the future roles for NGOs against HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, Douglas Webb; Confronting AIDS with debt: Africa's silent crisis, Nana K. Poku; AIDS-related famine in Africa: questioning assumptions and developing frameworks, Alex de Waal; Cultural hazards facing young people in the era of HIV/AIDS: specificity and change, Carolyn Baylies; HIV/AIDS: the Nigerian response, Morenike Folayan; Between State security and State collapse: HIV/AIDS and South Africa's national security, Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. and Matthew R. Tubin; What people really believe about HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, Alan Whiteside, Robert Mattes, Samantha Willan and Ryann Manning; The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Botswana: implications for the 'African Miracle', Ian Taylor; Uganda and the challenge of HIV/AIDS, Daniel Low-Beer and Rand Stoneburner; The impact of HIV/AIDS on democracy in Southern Africa: what do we know, what need to know, and why?, Robert Mattes and Ryann Manning; Conclusion, Alan Whiteside and Nana K. Poku; Index.

Nana K. Poku, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Alan Whiteside is a Director of Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, Professor of The University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Leverhulme Professor in the Centre for AIDS Research at the University of Southampton and also a Visiting Professor at the University of Liverpool.

'Apart from delineating the vulnerability of the communities most affected by HIV/AIDS, the volume does an excellent job in detailing the ramifications of the epidemic in causing a livelihood crisis with many faces: demographic, nutritional, economic and political...the volume is a welcome addition to the body of knowledge attempting to shed light on the most complex development problem facing Africa.' International Affairs

• Contents: Introduction: Africa's HIV/AIDS crisis, Nana K. Poku and Alan Whiteside; Responding to AIDS in crisis situations, Alan Whiteside; Legitimate actors? the future roles for NGOs against HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, Douglas Webb; Confronting AIDS with debt: Africa's silent crisis, Nana K. Poku; AIDS-related famine in Africa: questioning assumptions and developing frameworks, Alex de Waal; Cultural hazards facing young people in the era of HIV/AIDS: specificity and change, Carolyn Baylies; HIV/AIDS: the Nigerian response, Morenike Folayan; Between State security and State collapse: HIV/AIDS and South Africa's national security, Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. and Matthew R. Tubin; What people really believe about HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, Alan Whiteside, Robert Mattes, Samantha Willan and Ryann Manning; The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Botswana: implications for the 'African Miracle', Ian Taylor; Uganda and the challenge of HIV/AIDS, Daniel Low-Beer and Rand Stoneburner; The impact of HIV/AIDS on democracy in Southern Africa: what do we know, what need to know, and why?, Robert Mattes and Ryann Manning; Conclusion, Alan Whiteside and Nana K. Poku; Index.

Nana K. Poku, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Alan Whiteside is a Director of Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, Professor of The University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Leverhulme Professor in the Centre for AIDS Research at the University of Southampton and also a Visiting Professor at the University of Liverpool.

'Apart from delineating the vulnerability of the communities most affected by HIV/AIDS, the volume does an excellent job in detailing the ramifications of the epidemic in causing a livelihood crisis with many faces: demographic, nutritional, economic and political...the volume is a welcome addition to the body of knowledge attempting to shed light on the most complex development problem facing Africa.' International Affairs

• Contents: Introduction: Africa's HIV/AIDS crisis, Nana K. Poku and Alan Whiteside; Responding to AIDS in crisis situations, Alan Whiteside; Legitimate actors? the future roles for NGOs against HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, Douglas Webb; Confronting AIDS with debt: Africa's silent crisis, Nana K. Poku; AIDS-related famine in Africa: questioning assumptions and developing frameworks, Alex de Waal; Cultural hazards facing young people in the era of HIV/AIDS: specificity and change, Carolyn Baylies; HIV/AIDS: the Nigerian response, Morenike Folayan; Between State security and State collapse: HIV/AIDS and South Africa's national security, Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. and Matthew R. Tubin; What people really believe about HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, Alan Whiteside, Robert Mattes, Samantha Willan and Ryann Manning; The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Botswana: implications for the 'African Miracle', Ian Taylor; Uganda and the challenge of HIV/AIDS, Daniel Low-Beer and Rand Stoneburner; The impact of HIV/AIDS on democracy in Southern Africa: what do we know, what need to know, and why?, Robert Mattes and Ryann Manning; Conclusion, Alan Whiteside and Nana K. Poku; Index.