Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Low and Middle Income Countries Epidemiology, Prevention and Care /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Celentano, David D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Beyrer, Chris (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Public health.; Health promotion.; Epidemiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

 Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Low and Middle Income Countries Epidemiology, Prevention, and Care Edited by David D. Celentano and Chris Beyrer, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Over the last 25 years, HIV/AIDS has become the world's leading public health concern and an important human rights issue. More than 33 million people are currently infected—and the severest burden of the disease is on the nations with the fewest resources to counter it. Partnerships between high income and low and middle income countries, local and global struggles over prevention, care, and research priorities, and widespread community activism are shaping the public health picture on a global scale. Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Low and Middle Income Countries brings a comprehensive world context to the pandemic, tracking epidemiological trends, correcting misperceptions, and examining the impact of local, government, and international responses in countries as disparate as Brazil, Nigeria, the Russian Federation, and India. A top panel of local and regional experts offers the latest data on infection rates, details on risk-reduction and care programs, analysis of evolving social attitudes regarding HIV, and prospects for new initiatives in prevention and treatment. Key features of the book: A region-by-region guide to the state of the epidemic and its impact on societies, comparing responses and success rates across affected countries. Separate chapters reviewing epidemiology, treatment, prevention, and advocacy in specific countries and regions within Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Central Asia/Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Global Fund, PEPFAR, and a host of other responses: coverage of the basic package and "scale-up" in HIV/AIDS care. Overview of obstacles to access to care and prevention, and the rise of community groups and activist movements to meet these challenges. Reports on the current status of antiretroviral therapies, vaccine research, and microbicide development. Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Low- and Middle-Income Countries is the primer for researchers, practitioners, specialists, and students in HIV/AIDS, global health, and public health and policy. This mission-defining volume needs to be read by all those working to eradicate this devastating epidemic. . 

 Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Low and Middle Income Countries: Where Global AIDS is and Where it is Going -- HIV Prevention Needs: Primary Prevention and Prevention for People Living with HIV/AIDS -- Future of HIV/AIDS Care in Low- and Middle- Income Countries -- HIV/AIDS Care: The Minimum Package and Scaling Up -- HIV/AIDS Vaccine Research -- Microbicide Development -- How the Pandemic Shapes the Public Health Response – the Case of HIV/AIDS in Brazil -- Advocacy, Activism, Community and the AIDS Response in Africa -- Political Challenges to Mounting and Sustaining a Public Health Response to HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- The HIV/AIDS Epidemics of Africa -- The Situation in the Cradle of AIDS: Congo and Central Africa -- Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS – Nigeria and West Africa -- East Africa – Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda -- Southern Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe) -- HIV/AIDS in the Horn of Africa -- South and Southeast Asia -- HIV/AIDS in South and Southeast Asia: An Overview -- China -- The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Thailand – The First Two Decades -- HIV AIDS in Burma: Public Health Constrained -- The HIV Epidemic in Vietnam: Past, Present, and Opportunities -- Malaysia -- Towards Equitable and Quality HIV Prevention and Care Services: Assessing the Situation in India -- Eastern Europe & Central Asia -- The HIV/AIDS Epidemics in the Former Soviet Union, Central Asia, and Iran -- Russian Federation -- HIV in Central Asia: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan -- Drug Abuse and HIV Transmission in Iran—Responding to the Public Health Challenges -- Latin American and Caribbean -- The HIV/AIDS Epidemics of the Americas -- Epidemiology, Prevention and Care of HIV in Peru -- AIDS in Brazil: The Challenge and the Response -- The State of HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic: Guarded Optimism amidst Sustainability Concerns -- Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Haiti: Epidemiology, Prevention and Care -- HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care: Present Status, Future Needs and Some Possible Solutions.