HIV/ AIDS continues to be a major public health issue, affecting millions of sufferers worldwide. This Very Short Introduction explains the science, the international and local politics, the demographics, and the devastating consequences of the disease, and addresses some of the big issues that will concern us over the next decade.
HIV/ AIDS continues to be a major public health issue, affecting millions of sufferers worldwide. This Very Short Introduction explains the science, the international and local politics, the demographics, and the devastating consequences of the disease, and addresses some of the big issues that will concern us over the next decade.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Alan Whiteside is Emeritus Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He been involved with AIDS for over 30 years at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban and and has followed its effects on both the economic and the personal level (having seen several colleagues die of AIDS). He has since taken a position in Canada as CIGI Chair in Global Health Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs with a cross appointment at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo Ontario. His books include AIDS in the Twenty-First Century: Disease and Globalization (AIAA, 2006), with Tony Barnett.
Inhaltsangabe
1: The emergence and state of the HIV and AIDS epidemic 2: How HIV and AIDS work and scientific responses 3: What shapes epidemics 4: Illness and death: demographic impact 5: Production and people 6: Development, human capital, and politics 7: Treatment and prevention dilemmas 8: Funding the epidemic 9: Big issues and major challenges References Further Reading Index
1: The emergence and state of the HIV and AIDS epidemic 2: How HIV and AIDS work and scientific responses 3: What shapes epidemics 4: Illness and death: demographic impact 5: Production and people 6: Development, human capital, and politics 7: Treatment and prevention dilemmas 8: Funding the epidemic 9: Big issues and major challenges References Further Reading Index
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