Edwin Mavunika Mapara

Pictures in Aiducation: African Communities Talking Sex, Aids and Pictures Edwin Mavunika Mapara 1. izdevums

The book is a true African story on HIV/AIDS through the eyes of a district doctor who wanted to stop new HIV infections in Zambia and Botswana, through using or rather abusing clinical pictures to teach and share knowledge and experiences on sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS. Proverbs say ...'Seeing is very different from being told'... 'Seeing is believing' and 'a picture is worth a thousand words'. Armed with these proverbs, the doctor began the passionate mission of making African communities see HIV/AIDS, talk HIV/AIDS and get involved in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support programmes. The book challenges the status quo in health promotion and also raises issues on culture and the culture of silence. The book focuses on comments and talks from several workshops held in the villages, towns and cities of Africa. There is a lesson for each one of us to take from this book. Use the lesson(s) well and make a difference in your community. No one is immune to HIV/AIDS.