Combines economics and biology to explain the spread of HIV/AIDS and offers a critique of AIDS policy. Drawing on scientific evidence, this book demonstrates that HIV/AIDS cannot be stopped without understanding the ecology of poverty. It presents solutions to the health problems that promote the spread of HIV/AIDS.

"AIDS and the Ecology of Poverty" combines the insights of economics and biology, to explain the spread of HIV/AIDS and delivers a telling critique of AIDS policy. Drawing on a wealth of scientific evidence, Stillwaggon demonstrates that HIV/AIDS cannot be stopped without understanding the ecology of poverty. Her message is optimistic, with pragmatic solutions to the health problems that promote the spread of HIV/AIDS.