An exemplary empirical study of the long-term and expansive effects of governing a pandemic through exceptional programming, funds, and infrastructure. Amy Zhou's theoretical contribution of the 'politics of legibility' is crucial to our understanding of global HIV/AIDS governance, an increasingly timely issue.--Claire Decoteau, author of Emergency: COVID-19 and the Uneven Valuation of Life Unequal Worlds of Care blends rich fieldwork with excellent scholarship and engaging writing. Zhou's analysis goes beyond previous studies of the global AIDS response, helping us understand not just specific AIDS programs, or even the larger AIDS industry, but how Malawi's entire healthcare landscape has been altered by the global AIDS response.--Robert Wyrod, author of AIDS and Masculinity in the African City: Privilege, Inequality, and Modern Manhood
