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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (364 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801462320
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Socioeconomic Dimensions of HIV/AIDS in AfricaDDC classification:
  • 362.196/97920096
LOC classification:
  • RA643.86.A357 -- S63 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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