The struggle of a Botswana village with AIDS

April 17, 2006 9:26 PM

The Nata village blog - "A unique opportunity to witness the battle to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in an African village."
posted by Gyan (4 comments total)

Thanks for this. My partner is studying for a PhD in anthropology and is currently in the field (at this very moment, she's working in Bondo District Hospital, Nyanza Province, Kenya) collecting field work. She is looking at caring responses to HIV, so I'm sure she will find this post to be an interesting resource.
posted by davehat at 2:57 AM on April 18, 2006

This is a good post. Thanks.
posted by OmieWise at 5:46 AM on April 18, 2006

The pictures are wonderful, but the entries lack a certain something...they made my eyes glaze over. Too many acronyms, too many statistics, not enough humanity. Scientific detatchment, perhaps?
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 7:48 AM on April 18, 2006

I, for one, am blown away by the number of people they manage to treat at such a small facility with so little money and staff hours. The staff that are there must be working massive amounts of overtime hours. I sent a donation, I hope they get a new autoclave soon.
posted by fshgrl at 10:18 PM on April 18, 2006