HIV and AIDS in South Asia : an Economic Development Risk.

This book offers an original perspective on AIDS as a development issue in South Asia, a region with a heterogeneous epidemic and estimated national HIV prevalence rates of up to 0.5 percent. The analysis challenges the common perception of HIV and AIDS which has been shaped to a large extent by ana...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Otros Autores: Haacker, Markus, Claeson, Mariam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2009.
Colección:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
World Bank e-Library.
Temas:
AIDS (Disease) > Economic aspects > South Asia.
HIV infections.
Demography.
HIV Infections
HIV Infections > epidemiology
Demography
Financing, Government > statistics & numerical data
HIV Infections > economics
Developing Countries
Sida > Aspect économique > Asie méridionale.
Infections à VIH.
Démographie.
demography.
MEDICAL > AIDS & HIV.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > AIDS & HIV.
HIV infections
AIDS (Disease) > Economic aspects
Asia
South Asia
Statistics
Statistics.
Statistiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dynamics of the HIV epidemic in South Asia / David Wilson and Mariam Claeson
  • Responding to HIV in Afghanistan / Jed Friedman and Edit V. Velenyi
  • Development impact of HIV and AIDS in South Asia / Markus Haacker
  • Economic cost of HIV and AIDS in India / Sanghamitra Das, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, and Tridip Ray
  • The fiscal burden of AIDS treatment on South Asian health care systems / Mead Over
  • Recurrent costs of India's free ART program / Indrani Gupta, Mayur Trivedi, and Subodh Kandamuthan.

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