The global AIDS epidemic is as much a political and social issue as it is medical and the world's ability to properly address these issues is negatively impacted by a number of profound misunderstandings of the problem. This text serves to expose ten such myths in separate chapters. Collectively, the chapters argue that AIDS is not just an African problem; that poverty and insecurity are more pertinent factors that "dangerous behavior" in the spread of the disease; and that it is politically and economically feasible to fight AIDS and a much more expansive scale than currently witnessed. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
