Letting Them Die: Why HIV Prevention Programmes Fail

A book by Catherine Campbell.

Many of the people contracting HIV in South Africa are miners and commercial sex workers who work in mining communities. In this critique of government-sponsored and privately funded HIV/AIDS prevention programs in South Africa, Catherine Campbell exposes why it has been so difficult to stop the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Campbell’s research focuses on local experiences of HIV such as what people believe about the spread and prevention of HIV, what measures they take to prevent disease, and whether they are likely to seek treatment at local clinics. “Letting Them Die” is not just an investigation into sexuality, social relations, health, and medicine; it is also a sharp review of the kinds of programmes that are becoming the standard method of HIV/AIDS intervention throughout Africa.