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Living with the AIDS virus : the epidemic and the response in India / editors, Samiran Panda, Anindya Chatterjee, Abu S. Abdul-Quader.
Van Pelt Library RA643.86.I42 L48 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease)--India.
- AIDS (Disease).
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 204 pages : maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : Sage Publications, 2002.
- Summary:
- India has been living with the human immunodeficiency virus for a little over 15 years. Given the size of the country, its high population density and interstate migration, preventing the further spread of HIV as also providing care facilities to people with AIDS are both critical and mammoth tasks. This volume traces the evolution of the HIV epidemic in India and documents how the largest democracy in the world has responded to it. It describes HIV programmes designed, developed and implemented by various governmental and non-governmental organisations in different parts of the country. Some of these programmes have had significant success in reaching atrisk population groups and in bringing about changes in high-risk behaviour patterns. The contributors highlight the lessons to be learnt from these experiences in order to identify what works, and what does not, in HIV interventions.
- The original essays presented here encompass a wide variety of issues ranging from the current HIV/AIDS scenario in India, the epidemiology of, and responses to, the epidemic, and the role of NGOs, to the importance of ensuring behaviour modification in the socio-cultural environment, and specific interventions targeting injecting drug users, sex workers, and men who have sex with men. The legal issues related to HIV/AIDS in India are high-lighted to assist in a more comprehensive understanding of the complex ethical and human dimensions involved. Finally, the strengths and weaknesses of the interventions and the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS in the country are analysed, providing a deeper understanding of the many dimensions of this epidemic in India. This timely and well-researched book will be of interest not only to policymakers, social workers and public health professionals but also to community-based and non-governmental organisations. It will be of equal interest to students of medicine and social work and to departments of public health and health management.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in India: An Overview / Samiran Panda 17
- Chapter 2 AIDS in India: The Government's Response / Geeta Sethi 36
- Chapter 3 HIV/AIDS Awareness and Control: The Role of Non-governmental Organisations in the Country / Ashoke Chatterjee, Kusum Sahgal 62
- Chapter 4 HIV Risk Behaviour and the Sociocultural Environment in India / Ravi K. Verma, Tarun K. Roy 77
- Chapter 5 Community Responses to HIV/AIDS in Mumbai City / Shalini Bharat, Peter Aggleton 91
- Chapter 6 Interventions among Men Who Have Sex with Men / K. Pradeep 112
- Chapter 7 Targeted Intervention in Injecting Drug Users: Some Experiences / Anindya Chatterjee, M. Suresh Kumar, Abu S. Abdul-Quader 130
- Chapter 8 Female Commercial Sex Workers: An Innovative Intervention from West Bengal / Smarajit Jana, Suparna Ghosh, Debashis Bose, Sanchita Chowdhury, Kamala Mukherjee 150
- Chapter 9 HIV and Law in India / Subhram Rajkhowa 166
- Chapter 10 The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in India: Looking Ahead / Indrani Gupta, Samiran Panda 179.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761996222
- 8178291681
- 0761996230
- 817829169X
- OCLC:
- 50129351
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