Book contents
- The Origins of AIDS
- The Origins of AIDS
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Toponymy
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Out of Africa
- Chapter 2 The Source
- Chapter 3 The Timing
- Chapter 4 The Cut Hunter
- Chapter 5 The Scramble for Central Africa
- Chapter 6 Tropical Boom Towns
- Chapter 7 The Oldest Profession
- Chapter 8 Injections and the Transmission of Viruses
- Chapter 9 The Legacies of French Colonial Medicine
- Chapter 10 The Legacies of Belgian Tropical Medicine
- Chapter 11 The Other Human Immunodeficiency Viruses
- Chapter 12 From the Congo to the Caribbean
- Chapter 13 The Blood Trade
- Chapter 14 A Long Journey
- Chapter 15 Globalisation
- Chapter 16 A False Villain, a Genuine Hero
- Chapter 17 Epilogue
- References
- Index
Chapter 15 - Globalisation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2021
- The Origins of AIDS
- The Origins of AIDS
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Toponymy
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Out of Africa
- Chapter 2 The Source
- Chapter 3 The Timing
- Chapter 4 The Cut Hunter
- Chapter 5 The Scramble for Central Africa
- Chapter 6 Tropical Boom Towns
- Chapter 7 The Oldest Profession
- Chapter 8 Injections and the Transmission of Viruses
- Chapter 9 The Legacies of French Colonial Medicine
- Chapter 10 The Legacies of Belgian Tropical Medicine
- Chapter 11 The Other Human Immunodeficiency Viruses
- Chapter 12 From the Congo to the Caribbean
- Chapter 13 The Blood Trade
- Chapter 14 A Long Journey
- Chapter 15 Globalisation
- Chapter 16 A False Villain, a Genuine Hero
- Chapter 17 Epilogue
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 15 briefly summarises the globalisation of HIV: how it disseminated beyond the borders of the former Belgian Congo, first into other African countries where it ultimately had the most devastating impact, and then into the rest of the world, thus becoming a pandemic – literally, an epidemic that affects all people.
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- The Origins of AIDS , pp. 313 - 319Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021