Axes of Inequality Lecture Series Event Summary: Jonny Steinberg “Black Men and Colored Pills in South Africa’s HIV/AIDS Epidemic”

Kate Griffiths

On Monday November 2nd Johnny Steinberg—journalist, ethnographer, Rhodes Scholar and Open Society Institute Fellow—presented the findings of his award-winning book Sizwe’s Test as part of the Axes of Inequality speaker series at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Researched during the early stages of antiretroviral therapy (ART) availability in South Africa, Steinberg set out to answer the question “What if treatment comes and people don’t take it?” This question is increasingly relevant as AIDS research in South Africa continues to show that men are less likely to seek out ART than women; a factor which may contribute to higher HIV prevalence rates for women.

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