HIV and East Africa

By tracing the shadow of the epidemic over the last 30 years in Uganda and more broadly in the region, this book investigates the impact of the epidemic on people's lives and livelihoods, placing the epidemic within the context of the social, political and economic changes that have occurred over the last three decades.

Janet Seeley has been actively engaged in research on HIV and AIDS since the late 1980s, including four years with MRC in Uganda (1989-1993) when she was responsible for setting up social science research in the unit, the programme she returned to Uganda to head in 2008. She is currently Professor of International Development at the University of East Anglia, UK.

1. The shadow of an epidemic: an introduction 2. Learning to live with HIV - the background to an epidemic 3. Loss and grief 4. Progress and growth 5. Crises and change 6. The changing epidemic: treatment and care 7. Managing loss and forgetting pain?