Piecing the Puzzle
The Genesis of AIDS Research in Africa
- Publisher
- University of Manitoba Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2012
- Category
- AIDS & HIV, Disease & Health Issues, History
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780887554223
- Publish Date
- Jun 2012
- List Price
- $24.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887557309
- Publish Date
- May 2012
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
In 1979, Dr. Allan Ronald, a specialist in infectious diseases from Canada, and Dr. Herbert Nsanze, head of medical microbiology at University of Nairobi, met through the World Health Organization. Ronald had just completed a successful project that cured a chancroid (genital ulcer) epidemic in Winnipeg and Nsanze asked him to come to Kenya to help with Kenya’s “sexual diseases problem.” That initial invitation led to a groundbreaking international scientific collaboration that would uncover critical pieces in the complex puzzle that became today’s HIV/AIDS pandemic. In Piecing the Puzzle, journalist and documentary filmmaker Larry Krotz chronicles the fascinating history of the pioneering Kenyan, Canadian, Belgian, and American research team that uncovered HIV/AIDS in Kenya, their scientific breakthroughs and setbacks, and their exceptional thirty-year relationship that began a new era of global health collaboration.
About the author
Larry Krotz, écrivain et réalisateur de documentaires, a écrit pour The Globe and Mail, le National Post, la Literary Review of Canada, Saturday Night et The Walrus.Au fil de sa carrière, il a exploré les effets de nos actions dans le monde. Il a publié dix essais, notamment Diagnosing the Legacy: The Discovery, Research, and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Indigenous Youth et Piecing the Puzzle: The Genesis of AIDS Research in Africa, et un roman.M. Krotz vit à Toronto (Ontario).