Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-227) and index.

"In record numbers, Americans are reaching out to Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean to help combat AIDS. Yet with more than one million people currently infected and half a million already dead, the U.S. ranks among the top ten most severe AIDS epidemics in the world. STD and HIV numbers are up, and for certain demographics they are skyrocketing. All the same, treatment is below what is available in Africa and Asia, and Americans are not getting sex education that helps protect them from the disease. In this expose about the current government's failure to confront the AIDS epidemic in this country, Susan Hunter reveals the facts and figures, along with the real lives behind them."--BOOK JACKET