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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Biteback Publishing; First Edition edition (10 Jun. 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849547041
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849547048
  • Product Dimensions: 13.8 x 2.3 x 21.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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An immensely important and readable book. There is no political voice in Britain who speaks on the subject with such authority. --Stephen Fry

[A] powerful book. --Peter Tatchell, Evening Standard

It is a pacey read and its insistence that tolerance and harm reduction are the only way forward… is to be warmly commended. --The Independent

Fowler's message of tolerance and pragmatism, and his continued commitment to the field, is creditable in a world that still has a long way to go in fighting prejudice, and as a result in ending the scourge of HIV. --Financial Times

It is precisely this harnessing of historical analysis to pressing contemporary issues which makes this such a timely and instructive read… the book ends with a series of ten clearly defined proposals which I can only recommend to your attention… perhaps most impressive of all is his stirring and emotional endpiece concerning his own journey of discovery. --Attitude

It is precisely this harnessing of historical analysis to pressing contemporary issues which makes this such a timely and instructive read… the book ends with a series of ten clearly defined proposals which I can only recommend to your attention… perhaps most impressive of all is his stirring and emotional endpiece concerning his own journey of discovery. --Attitude

About the Author

Norman Fowler started his career as a journalist at The Times and for over thirty years was an elected MP, serving in Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet before becoming Chairman of the Conservative Party under John Major. He joined the House of Lords in 2001. He is the longest-serving British Health Secretary since the Second World War, and has devoted much of his life to raising awareness about HIV/AIDS.

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5.0 out of 5 starsRead this important book.
By arts guy on 1 July 2014
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I am an HIV+ gay man and have been for 22 years. In the 1980s one of my friends was amongst the first handful to die from AIDS and as an activist I fought very hard against conservative (small c) and Conservative (big c) policies that demonised us. At the time, the fact that Norman Fowler succeeded in getting a fairly up-front and doom laden message into every household was both extraordinary but also cause for concern. We wanted people to care about the hundreds of gay people so hideously neglected and hideously afflicted by AIDS but worried that the ads were aimed at keeping straight people safe whilst we were left to die, making us look like death incarnate in the process. His party’s government did little to stem the tide of hate and abuse levelled at us by the press and religious bigots (remember the Sun's headline "I'd Shoot My Son If He Had AIDS, Says Vicar”). Fowler himself supported Clause 28 and to my mind could have apologies more specifically than he does in the book for that wretchedly nasty little bill (he uses a footnote and says, in relation to Putin’s similar efforts that it was not in the same league). Having said all that, I urge you to read this absolutely fantastic and brilliant book.

In clear, easy to read but erudite prose, Fowler travels the world to reveal the stark and horrifying situation regarding the current state of play with this virus. He believes we have a window to rescue the situation but unless we act now an absolutely catastrophic situation is brewing, in particular in Africa and Russia, but also in many other places including for instance the USA and large parts of South East Asia. He clearly and adamantly sets out that the solution is now ‘Don’t Die of Predudice’.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsPowerful, moving and compelling
By Steve on 5 July 2014
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"I certainly had not realised the depth of feeling that exists against gay men, lesbian women and transgender people around the world, leading to some of the worst prosecution that has taken place since the end of the second world war".
That is Norman Fowler's conclusion at the end of this compelling, hard-hitting book, which should stand both as an indictment and a call to action. AIDS remains one of the biggest destroyers of life in the world and the prejudice and persecution which his book documents only makes the incidence and spread of HIV more problematic. This is the story of what has been done and of the huge advances in the prevention and treatment of HIV, but also of individuals and governments who wilfully and wickedly allow prejudice to stand in the way of basic health care. Norman Fowler has done a great service to the case that prejudice is not only harmful in itself but in its implications for the health, in all senses, of wider society.
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2.0 out of 5 starsOvercoming My Prejudice About Norman
By Vernal Scott on 15 Aug. 2014
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I was head of HIV/AIDS services for a London borough during the height of the crisis in the 80s and 90s. My own book, God's Other Children - A London Memoir (also available on Amazon), captures my experience of the merciless illness from both a personal and professional perspective. I was unimpressed with Norman (and Mrs T) at the time, but decided to buy his book in the hope that he'd redeemed himself, and he has; well, mostly. If only we could turn back time...but we can't. It's an informative, well written book that is well worth reading.

Every day is World AIDS Day for people affected by the big disease with a little name. It's personal. At the time of writing my book, some thirty plus years after its arrival, the Foundation for AIDS Research reported the shocking worldwide statistics as follows:

* 35 million people are currently living with HIV
* 3.3 million of them are under 15 years old
* 2.3 million people were newly infected in 2012
* 260,000 of them were under 15 years old
* Every day nearly 6,300 people contract HIV - nearly 262 every hour
* 1.6 million people died of AIDS in 2012
* 210,000 of them were under 15 years
* To date 75 million people have contracted HIV and
* 35 million have died of related symptoms

In the UK there have been approximately 107,800 people diagnosed with HIV and about 22,000 related deaths. An additional 25,000 are thought to be living with HIV but are currently undiagnosed. Our annual spend on HIV related treatment and care in the UK is in the region of £750m. The human catastrophe of HIV and AIDS tore at our hearts and souls but couldn't diminish our courage and determination to survive.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsInformative and up to date
By Amazon Customer on 2 Sept. 2014
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After reading The River by Edward Hooper, which is a very interesting book about the theroies of where HIV originated. I bought this book as a modern follow-on from Hooper's book. I work with homeless people and have a number who are infected with HIV and Hep C, so i always like to read up on what my customers are dealing with. What i liked most was he way it covered a number of countries from all around, so you can compare progress if fighting HIV and Aids. It was sad to see that some countries, mainly African, are so far behind in culture and beliefs. To blame everything on gays in this day and age i find astonishing, and the comments from thier politicians make it all worse. If you want a good, up to date book about the status of HIV around the world then this is a good book for that. Its in depth enough without becoming a scientific manual, and i found it an enjoyable read even though its what can be a depressing genre.
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