Piecing the Puzzle : The Genesis of AIDS Research in Africa

In 1979, Dr. Allan Ronald, a specialist in infectious diseases from Canada, and Dr. Herbert Nsanze, head of medical microbiology at University of Nairobi, met through the World Health Organization. Ronald had just completed a successful project that cured a chancroid (genital ulcer) epidemic in Winnipeg and Nsanze asked him to come to Kenya to help with Kenya's "sexual diseases problem." That initial invitation led to a groundbreaking international scientific collaboration that would uncover critical pieces in the complex puzzle that became today's HIV/AIDS pandemic. In Piecing the Puzzle, journalist and documentary filmmaker Larry Krotz chronicles the fascinating history of the pioneering Kenyan, Canadian, Belgian, and American research team that uncovered HIV/AIDS in Kenya, their scientific breakthroughs and setbacks, and their exceptional thirty-year relationship that began a new era of global health collaboration. Cover Contents Acknowledgements Note on Sources Introduction Chapter One: Waging War With Infectious Diseases Chapter Two: The African Epidemic Chapter Three: Educating Around AIDS Chapter Four: Research Strategies Chapter Five: Secrets of the Sex Workers Photo Insert A Chapter Six: The Vaccine Quest; and More Lessons Fromthe Immune System Chapter Seven: The Kenyan Side: Squaring the Collaboration Chapter Eight: An Experiment in Kisumu Chapter Nine: Legitimizing Circumcision Photo Insert B Chapter Ten: Unfinished Business Conclusion: AIDS World Afterword by King Holmes, Herbert Nsanze, Peter Piot, and Allan Ronald Selected Bibliography Notes Introduction Chapter 1: Waging War With Infectious Diseases Chapter 2: The African Epidemic Chapter 3: Educating Around AIDS Chapter 4: Research strategies Chapter 5: Secrets of the Sex Workers Chapter 6: The Vaccine Quest; and More Lessons Fromthe Immune System Chapter 7: The Kenyan Side Chapter 9: Legitimizing Circumcision Chapter 10: Unfinished Business Conclusion: AIDS World "In Piecing the Puzzle, journalist and documentary filmmaker Larry Krotz chronicles the fascinating history of the pioneering Kenyan, Canadian, Belgian, and American research team that uncovered HIV/AIDS in Kenya, their scientific breakthroughs and setbacks, and their exceptional thirty-year relationship that began a new era of global health collaboration."--Back cover "A history of the first and longest running HIV/AIDS research team in Africa."--Provided by publisher