AIDS: Fear and Hope

Description

In this course, you will :

• The fundamental biology of the HIV virus and the disease it causes, AIDS. The economic, social, and political factors that influence who gets sick and who stays healthy, as well as who lives and who dies.
• Scientific research and medical treatments are progressing. The reasons to be hopeful; the reasons to be fearful.

Syllabus :

1. Beginnings: A New Disease Surprises The World

• Mini-Intro (1): Terminology, Stigma
• A Snapshot of the Epidemic
• Mini-Intro (2): Suggested Books
• Memories of the Beginning: San Juan and Cambridge, Mass.
• Some History
• Memories of the Beginning: Chicago and Philadelphia
• Mini-Intro (3): Learning about Science; The Bodily Fluids that Carry HIV
• HIV, Other Viruses, Other Species, Virus Hunters
• Mini-Intro (4): Talking About Sex

 

2. Transmission, Gender, Politics

• Women, Gender Inequality, and HIV
• Sexual Transmission of HIV
• Taking a Sexual History
• Non-Sexual Transmission of HIV
• Four Presidents (1): Reagan
• Memories of the Beginning: Princeton and Washington, DC, and Ann Arbor, MI
• Memories of the Beginning: NIH

 

3. Testing (and Some Politics and Memories)

• Working with African Ministers 
• Memories of the Beginning: Detroit
• Future Ministers Get Tested
• Test Counselors
• Professor Tests Himself, Oral Swab 
• Professor Tests Himself, Blood 
• Four Presidents (2): Museveni
• Update on Testing

 

4. Living With HIV

• Richard's Story - HIV Diagnosis, Coping, Early Life, Spiritual Quest
• Richard's Story - Living with HIV
• Bug Chasers and Gift Givers
• Four Presidents (3): Bush
• AIDS, Gender, Sexual Orientation Issues

 

5. Caring for Patients

• Caring for Patients: Dr. Brown and Ms. Corkery at the Detroit Receiving Hospital
• Memories of the Beginning: St. Louis and Detroit
• Four Presidents (4): Mbeki
• AIDS and the Practice of General Medicine
• Caring for Patients: Dr. Riddell at the University of Michigan
• The Drugs: Dr. Riddell Describes Antiretroviral Therapy

 

6. Prevention, Art, Poetry

• Needle and Syringe Exchange, Addiction, Harm Reduction
• Blood Nobility 
• Gardenias 
• HIV, Cultural Complexity, Art 
• Vaccine
•  Circumcision and Prevention 
• Trusted Messengers in Zambia 
• Outreach to African-American Ministers 

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