How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0307745430
ISBN 13
9780307745439
Category
Non-Fiction
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Publication Year
2017
Publisher
Pages
656
Abstract
A riveting, powerful telling of the story of the grassroots movement of activists, many of them in a life-or-death struggle, who seized upon scientific research to help develop the drugs that turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. Ignored by public officials, religious leaders, and the nation at large, and confronted with shame and hatred, this small group of men and women chose to fight for their right to live by educating themselves and demanding to become full partners in the race for effective treatments. Around the globe, 16 million people are alive today thanks to their efforts.
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