About book La Sabiduría De Las Putas. Burócratas, Burdeles Y El Negocio Del Sida (2012)
It was particularly helpful to see how economics and culture affect the spread of the virus (Microloans to women in Africa have helped cut down on the spread of AIDS as women turn away from prostitution. Buddhist countries have dealt with the disease better since they don't have any Christian/Islamic hang-ups about talking about sex and needles.) I found the author's casual tone grating at times, and the parts about bureaucracy went on too long. If you like reading about activist manipulation of facts, government cover-ups, epidemiological facts about HIV, or up-close-and-personal descriptions of the seedy underbelly of several countries, you will probably enjoy this book. The author, a journalist turned epidemiologist who hooked up with studying AIDS just before funding kicked into high gear, is blunt but eye-opening. She describes how she and her coworkers "beat-up" the facts to scare "rich countries" into providing money to fight AIDS by claiming that everyone was at risk when it was really just drug injectors, prostitutes, and those having homosexual sex (except in some countries in Africa, where HIV was already so prevalent and the culture so generally promiscuous that it really was everyone at risk). Then, when money finally started pouring in, Pisani relates how it went for "programmes" that didn't address the real problem: prevention for the general populace that wasn't really at risk but whose "risk" was motivating the money in the first place. It turned out that, once the money was provided, people still didn't want it to go to help junkies, prostitutes, and homosexuals.I think the point of this book was to put the entire situation in the open in the hopes that people might be more willing to do what should be done to really prevent HIV as a disease. I'm just glad to hear a more informed opinion of what the situation really is. And to not be in a group at risk.I almost decided not to write this review because I don't want people searching for comments on this book or HIV/AIDS and yelling at me for some opinion they assume I have, but I'll brave it for now and see what happens. If they're not much worse than manga fans I'll be fine ;)
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An incredibly interesting and unique perspective on HIV epidemiology.
—natalia
Good but could be shorter with the same content
—beedee15
an extremely informative and interesting read.
—toddfulcher123456789
