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  • Namibia's Rainbow Project

    Gay Rights in an African Nation

    by Robert Lorway ...
    What are the consequences when international actors step in to protect LGBT people from discrimination with programs that treat their sexualities in isolation from the "facts on the ground"? Robert Lorway tells the story of the unexpected effects of The Rainbow Project (TRP), a LGBT rights program for young Namibians begun in response to President Nujoma's notorious hate speeches against ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Living with HIV in Post-Crisis Times

    Beyond the Endgame

    by David A.B. Murray, Adia Benton, Janice Graham, Wesam Hassan, Jallicia Jolly, Robert Lorway, Claudia E. Ordóñez, Pamela Runestad, Vaibhav Saria, Stephen L. Schensul0, Oumy Thiongane1, Colleen Walsh Lang2 ...
    Series series Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society
    Over the past decade, effective prevention and treatment policies have resulted in global health organizations claiming that the end of the HIV/AIDS crisis is near and that HIV/AIDS is now a chronic but manageable disease. These proclamations have been accompanied by stagnant or decreasing public interest in and financial support for people living with HIV and the organizations that support them, ... Read more

    $97.99 USD

  • AIDS Activism, Science and Community Across Three Continents

    by Robert Lorway ...
    Series Book 1 - Social Aspects of HIV
    This book critically examines the many complex entanglements between AIDS activism and HIV science. It takes readers on a medical anthropological expedition across time and space that highlights the stakes from the perspective of those most affected by the epidemic. Author Robert Lorway reveals how early in the HIV epidemic, amid inadequate government leadership, communities of people living with ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Rethinking Who We Are

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    by Paul U. Angelini ...
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  • Dilemmas, Challenges, and Ethics of Humanitarian Action

    Reflections on Médecins Sans Frontières' Perception Project

    by Caroline Abu-Sada ...
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    Series series Medicine (R0)
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  • A Companion to Medical Anthropology

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    What Counts in Global Health

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