Confronting AIDS : public priorities in a global epidemic

This book argues that the global epidemic of HIV/AIDS can be overcome. It draws from three bodies of knowledge: the epidemiology of HIV, public health insights into disease control, and public economics. The report argues that AIDS is a large and growing problem and that governments can and should c...

• Main Author: Ainsworth, Martha
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Other Authors: Over, Mead
• Format: Book
• Published: New York, N.Y. Oxford University Press 1997
• Series: A World Bank policy research report
• Subjects: SIDA; PREVENCION DEL SIDA; POLITICA DE SALUD

Table of Contents:

• 1. AIDS: a challenge for government
• 2. Strategic lessons from the epidemiology of HIV
• 3. Efficient and equitable strategies for preventing
• 4. Coping with the impact of AIDS
• 5. Working together to confront HIV/AIDS
• 6. Lessons from the past, opportunities for the future
• Appendixes