The Truth About Aids

Book by Dr Patrick Dixon published by Kingsway 1994

Please note that the text is of the third edition of the original book first published in 1987. No updates to this text since 1994. Text may be reproduced for any educational purpose with acknowledgments. A useful source of latest facts and figures is ACET's website.   Search book - press here.

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Contents of The Truth about AIDS

Introduction

1   The Extent of the Nightmare                
2   What's so Special about a Virus?
3   When Cells Start to Die          
4   How People Become Infected
5   Questions People Ask     
6   Condoms Are Unsafe     
7   Moral Dilemas
8   Wrath or Reaping?  
9   Some Life and Death Issues
10  When Church Members Need Help
11  Others Need Help Too
12  Saving Lives
13  Needle and Condom Distribution?
14  Special Issues in Poorer Nations
15  A Ten Point Plan for the Government
16  A Global Christian Challenge

Appendix B  Appendix C  Appendix D

Also read The Truth about AIDS - free online book with much more AIDS information:

• Latest AIDS statistics, AIDS information - Africa AIDS Crisis - History of AIDS - AIDS epidemic, India, Asia, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Russia, America, China
• AIDS research - causes of AIDS - AIDS treatment - retroviruses - protease inhibitors - cure? Antiretroviral therapy for HIV
• HIV transmission, AIDS risk factors and HIV window period
• What is AIDS? - HIV symptoms - AIDS symtoms - symptoms early HIV infection - early signs infection
• How reliable are condoms?  HIV dating - reducing HIV transmission
• Life and death issues - HIV medicine
• AIDS FAQ - vaccine, treatment, AIDS testing, Africa, China, Children, workplace discrimination, AIDS myths, origin of AIDS
• Moral dilemmas - euthanasia and AIDS treatments
• AIDS and the church - when church members need help
• Community care - treatment, adults, children, orphans
• AIDS education - AIDS awareness in youth and schools
• HIV Prevention - needle exchange program and condom distribution
• AIDS in Africa and HIV in Africa, HIV infected surgeons
• Ten point AIDS management plan for governments
• A global Christian challenge - church response to AIDS
• Guidelines for best practice in running HIV / AIDS programmes in developing countries, plus many helpful case studies and stories (Africa / India / Asia)
• A Christian response to AIDS - global AIDS challenge to the church (article for Tear Fund)

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