Fault Lines of Care: Gender, Hiv, and Global Health in Bolivia
| AUTHOR | Heckert, Carina |
| PUBLISHER | Rutgers University Press (06/01/2018) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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The HIV epidemic in Bolivia has received little attention on a global scale in light of the country's low HIV prevalence rate. However, by profiling the largest city in this land-locked Latin American country, Carina Heckert shows how global health-funded HIV care programs at times clash with local realities, which can have catastrophic effects for people living with HIV who must rely on global health resources to survive. These ethnographic insights, as a result, can be applied to AIDS programs across the globe. In Fault Lines of Care, Heckert provides a detailed examination of the effects of global health and governmental policy decisions on the everyday lives of people living with HIV in Santa Cruz. She focuses on the gendered dynamics that play a role in the development and implementation of HIV care programs and shows how decisions made from above impact what happens on the ground.
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ISBN-13:
9780813586908
ISBN-10:
0813586909
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
204
Carton Quantity:
56
Product Dimensions:
8.89 x 0.43 x 6.27 inches
Weight:
0.63 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Price on Product,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Medical | Public Health
Medical | Health Care Delivery
Medical | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey Decimal:
362.196
Library of Congress Control Number:
2017054097
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The HIV epidemic in Bolivia has received little attention on a global scale in light of the country's low HIV prevalence rate. However, by profiling the largest city in this land-locked Latin American country, Carina Heckert shows how global health-funded HIV care programs at times clash with local realities, which can have catastrophic effects for people living with HIV who must rely on global health resources to survive. These ethnographic insights, as a result, can be applied to AIDS programs across the globe. In Fault Lines of Care, Heckert provides a detailed examination of the effects of global health and governmental policy decisions on the everyday lives of people living with HIV in Santa Cruz. She focuses on the gendered dynamics that play a role in the development and implementation of HIV care programs and shows how decisions made from above impact what happens on the ground.
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