Fault Lines of Care : Gender, HIV, and Global Health in Bolivia, Paperback by Heckert, Carina, ISBN 0813586909, ISBN-13 9780813586908, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK

The author explores the fault lines created by economic injustice, racial hierarchies, heteronormative expectations, and gender inequality that produce AIDS-related deaths in Bolivia at a time when HIV diagnosis should no longer be a death sentence, and how global health initiatives prioritize some fault lines over others while generating a new system of fault lines in the process, focusing on care and how the system creates gaps in who accesses services, under what circumstances, and how people experience care, stay in or fall out of care, or avoid seeking it, particularly the role of gender in the development and implementation of HIV programs and the everyday experiences of individuals seeking care. She conducted fieldwork in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and describes the local context; the way social hierarchies create fault lines in care; the role of gender in the care of women; the significance of various forms of silence surrounding sexuality; how HIV-positive men experience care in the context of feeling that they are targets of blame due to machismo; the freezing of Bolivia's Global Fund grant; and how global bodies and local actors can address fault lines of care. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()