AIDS in Pakistan: Bureaucracy, Public Goods and NGOs

by Ayaz Qureshi

Overview

Draws on uniquely intimate ethnography from long-term participant observation in the government's HIV/AIDS bureaucracy, the offices of NGOs, donor organizations, antiretroviral therapy and counselling centres

Provides an accessible and succinct overview of global health and development

Timely analysis that will also be of interest to HIV/AIDS specialists working in departments of health, NGOs, activists, and freelance researchers of health programmes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811062193
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore
Publication date:	10/20/2017
Edition description:	1st ed. 2018
Pages:	217
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ayaz Qureshi studied Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and is an Assistant Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan. He has research interests in sexual and reproductive health, policy and neoliberalization.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Chapter 1: AIDS in the Islamic Republic.- Chapter 2: The HIV prevention market.- Chapter 3: Enterprising bureaucrats.- Chapter 4: Surviving hard times.- Chapter 5: Participating in the Global Fund.- Chapter 6: Responsibility for care and support.- Chapter 7: AIDS activism.- Conclusion.

Editorial Reviews

This ethnography has valuable insights for practitioners and academics, and it raises interesting comparisons for the rise and demise of other global health or development initiatives in Pakistan. … Qureshi's book will have wider resonance for studies of sexuality, law, public health, government, development, democracy and societal change in the Islamic Republic, and it deserves to be read widely.” (Nichola Khan, Bloomsbury Pakistan, April 10, 2018)

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