Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS in Africa : a Shared Responsibility /
Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS in Africa : a Shared Responsibility /
Committee on Envisioning a Strategy to Prepare for the Long-Term Burden of HIV/AIDS: African Needs and U.S. Interests, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies ; [editor, Rona Briere].
- Washington : National Academies Press, ©2011.
- 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
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Includes bibliographical references.
Summary -- Introduction -- The future impact of current decisions -- The burden of HIV/AIDS : implications for U.S. interests -- The burden of HIV/AIDS : implications for African states and societies -- Strategies to build capacility for prevention, treatment, and care of HIV/AIDS in Africa -- Strategies to ensure ethical decision-making capacity for HIV/AIDS : policy and programming in Africa -- Projecting the burden of HIV/AIDS -- Demographic variation in the epidemic -- Workshop agendas -- Committee member biographical sketches. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. Appendix D.
"HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The Institute of Medicine recommends that the United States and African nations move toward a strategy of shared responsibility such that these nations are empowered to take ownership of their HIV/AIDS problem and work to solve it."--Publisher's description
9780309160193 (electronic bk.) 0309160197 (electronic bk.) 1283081539 9781283081535 9786613081537 6613081531
308153 MIL
101562002 DNLM 015843750 Uk
AIDS (Disease)--Africa.
HIV infections--Treatment--Africa.
HIV infections--Costs.--Africa
HIV infections--Treatment--Government policy--United States.
AIDS (Disease)--Treatment--Africa.
AIDS (Disease)--Costs.--Africa
AIDS (Disease)--Treatment--Government policy--United States.
AIDS (Disease)--Treatment--International cooperation.
Medical assistance, American.
Medical policy.
International cooperation.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--economics
HIV Infections--economics
HIV Infections--therapy
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--therapy
Health Policy
International Cooperation
Sida--Afrique.
Infections à VIH--Traitement--Afrique.
Infections à VIH--Coût.--Afrique
Sida--Traitement--Afrique.
Sida--Coût.--Afrique
Sida--Traitement--Politique gouvernementale--États-Unis.
Sida--Traitement--Coopération internationale.
Aide sanitaire américaine.
Politique sanitaire.
Coopération internationale.
MEDICAL--AIDS & HIV.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--AIDS & HIV.
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease)--Costs.
AIDS (Disease)--Treatment.
AIDS (Disease)--Treatment--Government policy.
HIV infections--Treatment.
Medical assistance, American.
medicine--aid--USA.
AIDS--diseases--Africa.
Africa.
Africa
United States
Afrique.
Africa.
United States.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
RA643.86.A35 / I57 2011 RA644.A25 / P74 2011eb
362.196/97920096
WC 503
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary -- Introduction -- The future impact of current decisions -- The burden of HIV/AIDS : implications for U.S. interests -- The burden of HIV/AIDS : implications for African states and societies -- Strategies to build capacility for prevention, treatment, and care of HIV/AIDS in Africa -- Strategies to ensure ethical decision-making capacity for HIV/AIDS : policy and programming in Africa -- Projecting the burden of HIV/AIDS -- Demographic variation in the epidemic -- Workshop agendas -- Committee member biographical sketches. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. Appendix D.
"HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The Institute of Medicine recommends that the United States and African nations move toward a strategy of shared responsibility such that these nations are empowered to take ownership of their HIV/AIDS problem and work to solve it."--Publisher's description
9780309160193 (electronic bk.) 0309160197 (electronic bk.) 1283081539 9781283081535 9786613081537 6613081531
308153 MIL
101562002 DNLM 015843750 Uk
AIDS (Disease)--Africa.
HIV infections--Treatment--Africa.
HIV infections--Costs.--Africa
HIV infections--Treatment--Government policy--United States.
AIDS (Disease)--Treatment--Africa.
AIDS (Disease)--Costs.--Africa
AIDS (Disease)--Treatment--Government policy--United States.
AIDS (Disease)--Treatment--International cooperation.
Medical assistance, American.
Medical policy.
International cooperation.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--economics
HIV Infections--economics
HIV Infections--therapy
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--therapy
Health Policy
International Cooperation
Sida--Afrique.
Infections à VIH--Traitement--Afrique.
Infections à VIH--Coût.--Afrique
Sida--Traitement--Afrique.
Sida--Coût.--Afrique
Sida--Traitement--Politique gouvernementale--États-Unis.
Sida--Traitement--Coopération internationale.
Aide sanitaire américaine.
Politique sanitaire.
Coopération internationale.
MEDICAL--AIDS & HIV.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--AIDS & HIV.
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease)--Costs.
AIDS (Disease)--Treatment.
AIDS (Disease)--Treatment--Government policy.
HIV infections--Treatment.
Medical assistance, American.
medicine--aid--USA.
AIDS--diseases--Africa.
Africa.
Africa
United States
Afrique.
Africa.
United States.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
RA643.86.A35 / I57 2011 RA644.A25 / P74 2011eb
362.196/97920096
WC 503