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Walking Together, Walking Far: How a U.S. and African Medical School Partnership Is Winning the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Contributor(s): Quigley, Fran (Author), Farmer, Paul (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9780253220899

Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)

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Pub Date: May 1, 2009

Dewey: 362.1969792

LCCN: 2008043193

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 0.60" H x 9.10" L x 6.00" W ( 0.65 lbs) 176 pages

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Description: Against formidable odds, these partners demonstrate how medicine and caring can overturn preconceived notions about Africa and help wipe out the world's most devastating pandemic.

Review Quotes:

"This Indiana-Moi partnership is a model for how to tackle the huge challenges of HIV/AIDS and poverty in general, and one of the most inspiring examples of humanitarian partnership I have ever seen."--Jim Morris, Former Executive Director, United Nations World Food Program

"Presents compelling evidence to counter the argument that people in the developing world cannot change their behavior and incorporate drug therapy into their daily lives."--Jeanette Dickerson-Putman, co-editor of Pulling the Right Threads

"Provides an important story and critical lessons that can actually lead to the stabilization and control of the AIDS pandemic in the world, while saving millions of lives in the process."--Robert Aponte, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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