Chapter ONE: What is AIDS
The HIV virus -- the immune system -- why HIV antibodies don't protect -- the disease -- blood tests -- TB -- denial and delay
Chapter TWO: Any Treatment? Any Cure?
Will all HIV positives die? -- surviving with AIDS -- US ethnic minorities die sooner -- anti-AIDS drugs -- vaccine hopes diminish -- will a vaccine ever be cheap?
Chapter THREE: The AIDS Pandemic
Global totals double yearly -- comparisoins with other diseases -- the worst national epidemics -- the second AIDS virus -- the green monkey fiasco -- heterosexual and homsexual spread: Patterns I, II, and III
Chapter FOUR: Where is AIDS Going?
AIDS targets US minorities -- more AIDS babies -- STDs increase the risk -- the drug connection -- the doomsday scenario -- business-as-usual -- containment
Chapter FIVE: Prevention Means Self-Protection
Safer sex -- condoms -- education works with US homosexuals -- myths and miracles -- national campaigns -- using pop songs -- prostitutes -- traditional beliefs
Chapter SIX: Blame and Prejudice
The third epidemic -- US blames Haiti -- faulty blood tests in Africa -- early history of AIDS -- biased Western research? -- racist bias in reporting? -- AIDS campaigns hindered
Chapter SEVEN: AIDS and the Development Dollar
Economic destabilisation? -- rising infant mortality -- costs of treatment -- AIDS resources index -- Zambian copperbelt -- lost productivity -- sex tourism
Chapter EIGHT: The International Strategy
WHO: slow start, rapid progress -- national AIDS plans -- global sex survey -- coordinating research -- role of NGOs -- consensus on prisoners and on AIDS dementia
Chapter NINE: Humanitarian Issues
Fear and discrimination -- attacks on "risk groups" -- AIDS prisoners in chains -- on the racist fringe -- quarantine and mandatory testing -- travel -- high cost of testing
Appendix I: The Global Picture
North America, Caribbean, Central and South American, Europe, The Middle East, Africa, South and East Asia, Oceania
