HIV and AIDS
Marina Coleman’s book about HIV and Aids.
Marina Coleman’s near-instant bestseller, HIV & AIDS is a comprehensive guide to the virus and disease. Hiv and Aids features illustrations of newspaper satirist Sifiso Yalo.
Hiv and Aids addresses this gap in our HIV- Aids education by delivering colourful illustrations and a lot of easily understandable information that is accessible to everyone from 10 to 60.
Marina Coleman says, the aim was for people to buy the book, hand it over to their children, spouse or domestic workers and place it in schools and community centres. It is more like a magazine than a highbrow tome to put on your shelf or coffee table.
Though it is not a comic book, it is infused with humour to lighten the subject, said Yalo, referring to page 14 of the book, in which an unprotected quickie on the road side between a truck driver and sex worker takes place outside a truck with a warning on it that declares: “Report Bad Driving”.
Characters in the book include Mr and Mrs Condom, Mr ARV, Marina Coleman and Siphiso Yalo themselves and others. The book covers the history of the disease, how it is spread, how you get it, how you know you have HIV-Aids and the various ways to avoid contracting the disease. The book also explains, in a manner very easy to grasp, what happens to the body once the disease has been contracted and how to treat it. Lastly, it deals with the rights of people with HIV.
“You have it in your power to answer the question on HIV and Aids: what am I doing about it? You can start by buying the book.” With a more informed population, she said, “together, with one voice and a common purpose, we won’t just save lives, we can change lives too”.
The book (Hiv and Aids) answers the following questions and more:-
Question one:
“How does HIV affect your body?”
“I’m not looking for generic answers folks, I’m talking CD4 counts and T-cells, what they mean and what they actually do.”
Question two:
“How on earth do I convince my teenagers about the critical need for condom use in a world where sexually transmitted infections and HIV is commonplace?”
Question three:
“What about antiretrovirals? It’s a political debate, but when it hits home, it’s personal.”
Question four:
“What are you doing about it? What is your contribution?”
BOOK DETAILS
HIV & AIDS by Marina Coleman, illustrated by Sifiso Yalo
EAN: 9781770096516
ISBN 978-1-77009-651-6
PUBLISHER – Jacana
HIV & AIDS Sales and Distribution
For all sales and distribution contact
Helen Holyoake at Helco Promotions
helco@mweb.co.za
Tel +27 11 462 2302
In South Africa 011 462 2302
