AIDUCATION 20-10 TAKING CONTROL OF TB

About the Book

AIDS and TB, “the deadly two” are public health concerns that have devastated the global village, with Africa being grossly affected and accounting for more than 70% of the human tragedy. There is no cure for AIDS - there is a cure for TB. Despite this very basic fact, millions of people do not have the knowledge to prevent HIV infections that causes AIDS. In the same vein, more than two million people die every year due to TB alone and half a million due to TB combined with AIDS. This book is about TB, HIV infections and AIDS education (AIDucation). It is about empowering communities to prevent TB and HIV infections. It is about caring for those living with TB, HIV and AIDS. This book is about taking control of TB, which can lead to preventing new TB and HIV infections. This is a true African story.

About the Author

Dr Edwin Mavunika Mapara is an AIDucator who has been in the field of HIV infections, AIDS and TB since 1983 in Zambia. He was one of the medical students that saw the “first” officially declared person living with AIDS in Zambia, under The Yellow Firm Unit, University Teaching Hospital (UTH) Lusaka. It has been over two decades of Pictures in AIDucation; Setting up voluntary counselling and testing centres; Teaching on TB and AIDS; Advising on several local, national and international organisations. Some of his documented “best practices” include programmes at Livingstone General Hospital (Zambia); Athlone Hospital, Lobatse, (Botswana), Botswana Antiretroviral (ARV) Therapy Programme and Community Health Action Trust (CHAT), London, England. AIDucation is part of university modules on HIV/AIDS for medical doctors and nurses studying Tropical Medicine in London. Dr Mapara has released four books on his experiences that he calls simply “Sex - AIDucation related” in the AIDUCATION 20-10 Project.