AIDS / Viqi Wagner, book editor.

Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, [2008], ©2008.

253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

What is the state of the global AIDS epidemic? The global AIDS epidemic is a growing threat / Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and World Health Organization -- The global AIDS epidemic is exaggerated / James P. Hogan -- AIDS is devastating Africa / Robert Hecht, et al. -- The prevalence of AIDS in Africa is overstated / Craig Timberg -- AIDS is a crisis in Black America / Claudia Kalb and Andrew Murr -- China must face the possibility of an explosive AIDS epidemic / Richard Burger -- China is confronting HIV/AIDS / Sabin Russell -- What causes AIDS? HIV causes AIDS / Rob Noble -- HIV does not cause AIDS / Christine Maggiore -- HIV spread to humans through the Cameroon bushmeat trade / Mary Carmichael -- HIV spread to humans through African oral polio vaccines / Edward Hooper -- HIV is a man-made product of genetic engineering and medical research / Alan Cantwell -- HIV is primarily transmitted through heterosexual intercourse / Nancy Padian -- Heterosexual transmission of HIV is negligible / Michael Fumento -- How can the spread of AIDS be controlled? An AIDS vaccine would significantly slow the spread of AIDS / International AIDS Vaccine Initiative -- Prospects for an AIDS vaccine are dim / Richard Horton -- Widespread routine HIV testing is needed to control the spread of AIDS / Bernard M. Branson, et al. -- HIV testing alone is ineffective and violates individual rights / Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project -- Abstinence-based AIDS prevention programs effectively stem the spread of AIDS / U.S. Agency for International Development -- Abstinence-based AIDS prevention programs fail to halt the global epidemic / Jonathan Cohen and Tony Tate -- The Catholic Church should endorse condom use to reduce HIV infection / James Carroll -- The Catholic Church must oppose condom use for HIV/AIDS prevention / Alfonso Lopez Trujillo -- How should AIDS be treated? AIDS drug treatments are deadly / Celia Farber -- The benefits of AIDS drug treatments far outweigh the risks / Bob Funkhouser -- HIV drug resistance is a growing concern / AIDSmeds.com -- Alternative nutritional AIDS treatments are safe and effective / Matthias Rath and Aleksandra Niedzwiecki -- Alternative nutritional AIDS treatments are deadly quackery / Ian Hodgson -- Treating tuberculosis is critical in AIDS interventions / Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-246) and index.