AIDS in Asia - Hunter, Susan
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The spread of AIDS in Asia is accelerating so quickly it will soon overtake growth of the disease in Africa. Over the next two decades, so containment of Asia's epidemics will be decisive to global stability because the region is home to 60% of the world's population.' AIDS in Asia' is marked by four significant facts: the enormous populations involved; Asia's deliberate denial and inattention by its leader's; Asia's role in the sex trade and drug production; and large economic differences between states that lead to exploitation of the poorest countries in the region (Laos, Burma and Nepal)…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
The spread of AIDS in Asia is accelerating so quickly it will soon overtake growth of the disease in Africa. Over the next two decades, so containment of Asia's epidemics will be decisive to global stability because the region is home to 60% of the world's population.' AIDS in Asia' is marked by four significant facts: the enormous populations involved; Asia's deliberate denial and inattention by its leader's; Asia's role in the sex trade and drug production; and large economic differences between states that lead to exploitation of the poorest countries in the region (Laos, Burma and Nepal) and stimulate continuous migration of the poor. At the crucial moment when the spread of AIDS in this region is beginning to gain worldwide recognition, distinguished expert Susan Hunter makes clear the catastrophic threat AIDS poses to Asia and the world, and draws on her experience of the pandemic in other regions to map out steps that must be taken in order for it to be contained.

Table of Contents:
Asian Peril, Global Peril
AIDS in Asia: The Looming Mushroom Clouds of Infection
The Origin of Asia's States of AIDS: Empire and Overthrow
Chaining the Elephant: The Impact of Colonialism
Asia and the World Drug Industry
Religion, Sex and Lust in the East
Fulfilling Heaven's Mandate: The Impact of AIDS on Children
As Asia Goes...
Autorenporträt
SUSAN HUNTER is an Independent Consultant who has worked at the highest policy level with world health organizations (UNAIDS, UNICEF, USAID) in Africa over the last 20 years. She continues to travel frequently in Africa and South East Asia as part of her work on the pandemic, and lives with her husband in upstate New York, USA. She is the author of' Who Cares?', also published by Palgrave Macmillan.