Three decades of HIV/AIDS in Asia /

Three decades of HIV/AIDS in Asia /

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Imprint:New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd., 2012.
Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 444 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
HIV infections -- Asia.
HIV infections -- Asia -- Prevention.
HIV infections -- Treatment -- Asia.
HIV-positive persons -- Asia.
HIV Infections -- therapy.
HIV Infections.
HIV Infections -- prevention & control.
HIV Infections -- Asia.
HIV Infections -- prevention & control -- Asia.
HIV Infections -- therapy -- Asia.
HIV infections.
HIV infections -- Prevention.
HIV infections -- Treatment.
HIV-positive persons.
Asia.
Asia.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11141975
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Other authors / contributors:Narain, Jai P.
ISBN:9788132110774
8132110773
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:A work by health and development experts and professionals, this well-researched compilation traces the evolving and highly dynamic nature of HIV/AIDS and its unprecedented health and development threat in Asia. Three decades of HIV/AIDS in Asia studies how the region has responded to this epidemic in the last three decades. It contains country-specific chapters on the HIV/AIDS problem-low-prevalence countries such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka as well as countries with advanced epidemics such as Cambodia, China, India, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam-and the evolving response to it. There is rec.
Other form:Print version: Three decades of HIV/AIDS in Asia. Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, 2012 9788132109075
Table of Contents:
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Message from the Regional Director, WHO/SEARO
  • 1.
  • Three Decades of HIV/AIDS in Asia: Achievements, Lessons Learnt and Opportunities Ahead
  • 2.
  • Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics of the HIV Epidemic in Asia
  • 3.
  • Natural History of HIV Infection
  • 4.
  • Emerging Issues in HIV and TB Prevention: Role of Antiretrovirals for Prevention
  • 5.
  • National Response to HIV/AIDS in Cambodia: A Health Sector Perspective
  • 6.
  • HIV/AIDS in China: The Response and Challenges.
  • 7.
  • HIV/AIDS in India: The Epidemic and National Response
  • 8.
  • The Rising Epidemic of HIV in Pakistan: Challenges to a Comprehensive Response
  • 9.
  • Evolving Responses to HIV/AIDS in Thailand: Lessons Learnt
  • 10.
  • HIV in Viet Nam
  • 11.
  • Maintaining Low Levels of HIV for Three Decades: Case Studies from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
  • 12.
  • Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Infections in South-East Asia and Public Health Approach to Their Prevention and Control
  • 13.
  • Interventions with Sex Workers: From the 100% Condom Use Programme to Community Empowerment.
  • 14.
  • The HIV Epidemic among People Who Inject Drugs in Asia: Progress and Unresolved Issues
  • 15.
  • The Epidemic of HIV among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Populations in India
  • 16.
  • Averting HIV Transmission through Safe Blood in the South-East Asia Region of WHO
  • 17.
  • Eliminating Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Thailand
  • 18.
  • Clinical Management of HIV/AIDS: Current Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment
  • 19.
  • HIV Drug Resistance in Asia: An Emerging Problem
  • 20.
  • Priority Areas for HIV/AIDS Operational Research in Asia.
  • 21.
  • Enhancing Access to Antiretroviral Drugs in Developing Countries
  • 22.
  • HIV Vaccine Development in Asia
  • 23.
  • Implications and Feasibility of Commercial Health Insurance for People Living with HIV in India
  • About the Editor and Contributors.

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