HIV Pioneers
Lives Lost, Careers Changed, and Survival
Wendee M. Wechsberg
- A
- moving
- collection
- of
- firsthand
- accounts
- of
- the
- beginning
- of
- the
- HIV
- epidemic
- in
- the
- 1980s.Tremendous
- strides
- have
- been
- made
- in
- the
- prevention
- and
- treatment
- of
- HIV
- since
- the
- disease
- first
- appeared
- in
- the
- 1980s.
- But
- because
- many
- of
- those
- who
- studied
- and
- battled
- the
- virus
- in
- its
- early
- days
- are
- now
- gone,
- firsthand
- accounts
- are
- at
- risk
- of
- being
- lost.
- In
- HIV
- Pioneers,
- Wendee
- M.
- Wechsberg
- collects
- 29
- “first
- stories”
- from
- the
- outset
- of
- the
- AIDS
- epidemic.
- These
- personal
- narratives
- and
- historical
- essays
- not
- only
- shed
- light
- on
- the
- experiences
- of
- global
- health
- pioneers,
- prominent
- scientists,
- and
- HIV
- survivors,
- but
- also
- preserve
- valuable
- lessons
- for
- managing
- the
- risk
- and
- impact
- of
- future
- epidemics.With
- unprecedented
- access
- to
- many
- key
- actors
- in
- the
- fight
- against
- AIDS
- and
- HIV,
- Wechsberg
- brings
- to
- life
- the
- harrowing
- reality
- in
- the
- beginning
- of
- the
- epidemic.
- The
- book
- captures
- the
- experiences
- of
- those
- still
- working
- diligently
- and
- innovatively
- in
- the
- field,
- elevating
- the
- voices
- of
- doctors,
- scientists,
- and
- government
- bureaucrats
- alongside
- those
- of
- survivors
- and
- their
- loved
- ones.
- Focusing
- on
- the
- impact
- that
- the
- epidemic
- had
- on
- careers,
- pieces
- also
- show
- how
- governments
- responded
- to
- HIV,
- how
- research
- agendas
- were
- developed,
- and
- how
- AIDS
- service
- agencies
- and
- case
- management
- evolved.Illuminating
- the
- multiple
- facets
- of
- the
- HIV
- epidemic,
- both
- in
- the
- United
- States
- and
- across
- the
- globe,
- HIV
- Pioneers
- is
- a
- touching
- and
- inspirational
- look
- into
- the
- ongoing
- fight
- against
- HIV.“Anyone
- interested
- in
- science,
- social
- history,
- communicable
- diseases
- or
- epidemiology
- would
- benefit
- from
- reading
- this
- topical,
- fascinating
- and
- inspirational
- book.”
- —Fay
- Hartley,
- British
- Society
- for
- the
- History
- of Medicine
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