HIV/AIDS Treatment in Resource Poor Countries Public Health Challenges /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lu, Yichen (Editor), Essex, Max (Editor), Chanyasulkit, Chris (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Health promotion.; Maternal and child health services.; Infectious diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Maternal and Child Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Thirty years into the AIDS epidemic, those working to eradicate the disease face both a plethora of challenges and a wealth of evolving solutions. Especially promising is that many of the world’s developing areas are emerging as vanguard forces in the fight. HIV/AIDS Treatment in Resource-Poor Count...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Prevention of HIV Infection in the Absence of a Vaccine
• 2. Study Report on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission for HIV+ Pregnant Mothers in the Yunnan Province
• 3. Antiretroviral Treatment Compliance in the Wenlou Village of Henan Province:  A Case Study in Rural China
• 4. HIV/AIDS Treatment and Control in India and the Millennium Development Goals
• 5. HIV Treatment Scale-Up in Africa: The Impact of Drug Resistance
• 6. A Practical Way to Improve Access to Essential Medicines Against Major Infectious Diseases
• 7. When will most AIDS patients in the world have access to effective antiretroviral therapy?