"This book is clear, concise, and accessible for the target audience. Its format and style is appealing, and I greatly commend it for making a difficult subject so easily digestible."

— Bunmi Makinwa, Communications Adviser, UNAIDS

"This book is a comprehensive and well illustrated manual on HIV and AIDS. Many people working to develop effective community-based responses to the problems and suffering caused by HIV and AIDS will find useful information in this book. We thought the chapters on starting and funding an HIV project were especially helpful."

— Aryn Faur, The Hesperian Foundation

"This excellent work will be of great importance as a guide and manual for primary health care workers as well as lay persons who may have an interest in or may be involved personally with HIV. It is a very readable text written with great clarity."

— B. D. Schoub, Director, National Institute for Virology, South Africa

"This book is easy to read and understandable. It provides useful data related to HIV/AIDS in a simple terminology. It will help the primary health care workers who work in the community as well as other medical personnel to further understanding to the general public."

— Dr. Khanchit Limpakarnjanarat, The HIV/AIDS Collaboration

"This wonderful, readable, beautifully illustrated book is a must for any community AIDS project. I cannot recommend it highly enough and I hope it is also translated into many languages."