Description: Examines the relationship HIV/AIDS has with education in different international contexts, from Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, the USA, UK, and the Caribbean.
Brief description: Nalini Asha Biggs is a doctoral student in the Department of Education at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK. She has extensive experience in Special Education in Southern California, USA, and specializes in the sociology of HIV/AIDS, health and sex education for people with disabilities in developing countries.
Review Quotes: 'This book provides useful examples of why HIV must be recognized as a social as well as a medical condition. It argues that the disability that HIV causes can be mitigated by education, and provides an eclectic set of "stories" to illustrate this.' David A. Ross, Professor of Epidemiology and International Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK