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The Socioeconomic Dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa : Challenges, Opportunities, and Misconceptions.

Sahn, David E.

The Socioeconomic Dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa : Challenges, Opportunities, and Misconceptions. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (364 pages)

Cover -- THE SOCIOECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 HIV/AIDS, Economic Growth, Inequality -- CHAPTER 2 Governing a World with HIV and AIDS: An Unfinished Success Story -- CHAPTER 3 Microeconomic Perspectives on the Impacts of HIV/AIDS -- CHAPTER 4 The AIDS Epidemic, Nutrition, Food Security, and Livelihoods: Review of Evidence in Africa -- CHAPTER 5 The Relationship between HIV Infection and Education: An Analysis of Six Sub-Saharan African Countries -- CHAPTER 6 Back to Basics: Gender, Social Norms, and the AIDS Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa -- CHAPTER 7 The Fight against AIDS in the Larger Context: The End of"AIDS Exceptionalism -- CHAPTER 8 Prevention Failure: The Ballooning Entitlement Burden of U.S. Global AIDS Treatment Spending and What to Do About It -- CHAPTER 9 HIV Prevention in Africa: What Has Been Learned? -- CHAPTER 10 Treating Ourselves to Trouble? The Impact of HIV Treatment in Africa: Lessons from the Industrial World -- References -- Contributors.

Since the 1980s HIV/AIDS has occupied a singular position because of the rapidly emergent threat and devastation the disease has caused, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. New infections continue to create a formidable challenge to households.

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AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
AIDS (Disease) -- Economic aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
HIV infections -- Economic aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
HIV infections -- Social aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.


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RA643.86.A357 -- S63 2010eb

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