Neo-liberalism and AIDS Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract

This book critically examines the evolution of the policy response to AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa through the lens of feminist political economy lens, focusing on the relationship between neo-liberalism, the spread of AIDS and the hegemonic policy response. It explores the ways in which AIDS has been constructed as a "development" problem and how AIDS knowledges and institutions have evolved and have shaped interventions in the AIDS sector.