US Policy and Public Health — AIDS in Africa

Event Ideas

The following is a list of resources that may be used for chapter meetings and events. Ideas range from book clubs to movie nights and from roundtable discussions to large events.

Books and Publications

• Addressing Obstacles to HIV/AIDS Prevention in Africa : a Zimbabwean Case Study. By Matthew Dean Watson.

• AIDS, Sexuality and Gender in Africa : Collective Strategies and Struggles in Tanzania and Zambia edited by Carolyn Baylies and Janet Bujra.

• AIDS and Violent Conflict in Africa By Tim Docking.

• AIDS: The Challenge for South Africa. By Alan Whiteside and Clem Sunter.

• Confessions of an AIDS Victim By Carolyne Adalla.

• Get All the Facts: HIV Does Not Cause AIDS By Mohammed Ali Al-Bayati

• HIV/AIDS and Human Development in Africa. By Moses Dombo, Joe Muwonge and Don Brandt

• HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Malawi and the Role of the Anglican Church. By Martin Mgeni.

• Intensifying Action Against HIV/AIDS in Africa : Responding to a Development Crisis. World Bank Africa Regional Office

• Koolaids By Rabih Alameddine.

• Microfinance Strategies for HIV/AIDS Mitigation and Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa. By Amy McDonagh.

• Rural Worker's Contribution to the Fight Against HIV/AIDS :A Framework for District and Community Action. By Dick Schapink.

• The AIDS Handbook By John Hubley.

• The Gifts of the Body By Rebecca Brown.

• The Global Infectious Disease Threat and Its Implications for the United States Produced under the National Intelligence Council

• The Global Threat of New and Reemerging Infectious Diseases: Reconciling U.S. National Security and Public Health Policy. By Jennifer Brower, Peter Chalk.

• Waste Not Your Tears By Violet Kala.

• Women Take Care : Gender, Race, and the Culture of AIDS. By Katie Hogan.

• Zabela, My Wasted Life By Bento Sitoe.
  

Congressional Legislation

• P.L. 106-264 Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000

• P.L. 106-200 Trade and Development Act of 2000

Articles

• AIDS in Africa A Global Battle's Missing Weapon
  by Richard Holbrooke and Richard Furman
  (February 2004)

• South African Fight Against HIV/AIDS Gets Major Boost
  by Candace Freeman
  (February 2004)

• Sex, not Unsafe Injections, Fuels AIDS in Africa
  (February 2004)

• WHO unveils plans to treat 3 million
  by Keith Alcorn
  (December 2003)

• AIDS Is Not a Death Sentence
  by William Jefferson Clinton
  (December 2002)

• Statement by PhRMA President and CEO Alan F. Holmer on the Importance of Intellectual Property for Patients Worldwide
  (November 2002)

• AIDS: Patent Rights Versus Patients' Rights
  by Pierre Chirac, Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Toby Kasper, Nathan Ford

• Africans Outdo Americans in Following AIDS Therapy
  by Donald G. McNeil, Jr.
  (New York Times September 3, 2003)

• Betraying the Sick in Africa
  by Editorial
  (New York Times September 4, 2003)

• PanAfrica; Black Religious Leaders Join Africa Action in Demanding "Africa's Right to Health."
  by Africa Action
  (Africa News February 28, 2003)

• New Aids Coalition To Lobby For Bush's $15-Billion Plan
  by Charles Cobb Jr
  (allAfrica.com March 28, 2003)

• HIV/AIDS Trials in Developing Countries Must Clear High Hurdles
  by Myrna E. Watanabe
  (The Scientist January 27, 2003)

• Let it be sexual: how health care transmission of AIDS in Africa was ignored
  by David Gisselquist, John J Potterat, Stuart Brody and Francois Vachon
  (International Journal of STD & AIDS March 2003)

• Clinton: Countries must spend AIDS funds wisely
  by Michael Lasalandra
  (The Boston Herald, February 11, 2003)

• U.S. blocks poorest countries' access to medicines
  by David Crane
  (Toronto Star February 11, 2003)

• Africa's AIDS crisis gains urgency; Bush's $15 billion plan gets mixed reviews
  by Rob Hotakainen; Tom Ford; Staff Writers
  (Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) February 10, 2003)

• The Truth About George Bush's Anti-AIDS Push
  by Kenneth Davidson
  (The Age (Melbourne) February 10, 2003)

• President Seeks to Increase ADAP, Decrease Prevention Funding by the AIDS Foundation of Chicago
  (Press release February 5, 2003)

• World running out of money for Aids battle: Experts were hoping for annual aid transfers of Dollars 10bn, but the money has already run out, reports Geoff Dyer
  by Geoff Dyer
  (Financial Times (London) February 5, 2003)

• On AIDS, Bush Offers Compassion Message
  by Marie Cocco
  (Newsday (New York, NY) February 4, 2003)

• Critics: $15B Spent Wrong Way; Bush AIDS plan meets resistance
  by Laurie Garrett
  (Newsday (New York, NY) February 1, 2003)

• Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.; BIG SPENDING ON AIDS SEEN AS GO-IT-ALONE PLAN
  by John Donnelly
  (The Boston Globe January 30, 2003)

• Abstinence Success in Uganda Resisted by AIDS Community
  by Douglas A. Sylva
  (Insight on the News December 31, 2002)

• AIDS Is Not a Death Sentence
  by William Jefferson Clinton
  (The New York Times December 1, 2002)

• AIDS Fund Falls Short of Goal and US is Given Some Blame
  by Sheryl Gay Stolberg
  (The New York Times February 13, 2002)

• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Background and Current Issues
  by Raymond W. Copson and Tiaji Salaam
  (CRS Report for Congress #RS21340; October 21, 2002)

• Q: Are U.S. anti-AIDS drug makers being unfair to Africa? No: Killing the profit motive will slow down the creation of new anti-AIDS drugs
  by Naomi Lopez
  (Insight on the News November 13, 1999)
  

Movies

• It's My Life- the life of Zackie Achmat - a leading AIDS activist in South Africa, who refuses to take anti-retroviral medicines until they are made available by the government in public hospitals and clinics.

• A Closer Walk - This film depicts humankind's confrontation with the global
  AIDS epidemic.

• The Color of Gold - In South Africa's President Steyn Gold Mine, 8000 men live in a compound next to the mine shaft in which they dig, far from their families.

• Searching for Hawa's Secret - The story of the unlikely partnership between a Canadian microbiologist and a Kenyan prostitute in the scientific quest to find a vaccine for AIDS.

• Our Friends at the Bank - Follows World Bank and International Monetary Fund decision-makers in Uganda, showing how top-level decisions are made in the field.

• 6000 A Day - Account of a Catastrophe Foretold - The story of how the world's top decision-makers knowingly failed to prevent the spread of the AIDS epidemic.

• Stepping Out - A look at gay life in South Africa.

• Voices from the Front - the first feature-length documentary on AIDS activism in America, makes clear the emotional and political effects of community activism using the voices of those directly engaged.
  

Websites

• AIDS & Africa
  http://www.aidsandafrica.com/

• AIDS News
  http://www.worldaidsnews.com/
  

• All Africa.com
  http://allafrica.com/

• Avert
  http://www.avert.org/

• bioethics.net The American Journal of Bioethics
  http://bioethics.net/news.php?newsCat=aids
  

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.asp

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention—National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
  http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/nchstp.html

• European Union
  http://europa.eu.int/comm/development/aids/

• Family Health International
  http://www.fhi.org

• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria- www.globalfundatm.org
  International AIDS Trust
  http://www.aidstrust.org/

• Global Health Council
  https://www.globalhealth.org/

• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
  http://world.phrma.org/index.html

• United States Agency for International Development
  http://www.usaid.gov/pop_health

• United States Department of State
  http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/global/hiv/03013003.htm

• UNAIDS
  http://www.unaids.org/

• World Bank
  http://www.worldbank.org/afr/aids/

• World Link
  http://www.world-links.org/aidsweb/