Author Biography

Dr Edwin Mavunika Mapara is an AIDucator who has been in the field of HIV infections, AIDS and TB since 1983 in Zambia. He was one of the medical students that saw the “first” officially declared person living with AIDS in Zambia, under The Yellow Firm Unit, University Teaching Hospital (UTH) Lusaka. It has been over two decades of Pictures in AIDucation; Setting up voluntary counselling and testing centres; Teaching on TB and AIDS; Teaching on TB and HIV coinfection; Advising on several local, national and international organisations. Some of his documented “best practices” include programmes at Livingstone General Hospital (Zambia); Athlone Hospital, Lobatse, (Botswana), Botswana Antiretroviral (ARV) Therapy Programme and Community Health Action Trust (CHAT), London, England. AIDucation is part of university modules on HIV infections and AIDS for medical doctors, nurses and social workers studying Tropical Medicine in London. Dr Mapara has released four books on his experiences that he calls simply “Sex - AIDucation” in the AIDUCATION 20-10 Project.

• Books:
• AIDUCATION 20-10 TAKING CONTROL OF AIDS (Taking Control of AIDS)
• AIDUCATION 20-10 TAKING CONTROL OF TB & AIDS
• AIDUCATION 20-10 TAKING CONTROL OF TB (Taking Control of TB)