AIDS in South Asia : understanding and responding to a heterogeneous epidemic / Stephen Moses, James Blanchard, Han Kang.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Moses, Stephen A.

Contributor:

Blanchard, James F.

Kang, Han K.

Series:

Health, nutrition, and population series.

Health, nutrition, and population series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--South Asia.

AIDS (Disease).

Public health--South Asia.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (140 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : World Bank, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

South Asia's HIV epidemic is highly heterogeneous. As a result, informed, prioritized, and effective responses necessitate an understanding of the epidemic diversity between and within countries. Further spread of HIV in South Asia is preventable. The future size of South Asia's epidemic will depend on an effective two-pronged approach: firstly, on the scope and effectiveness of HIV prevention programs for sex workers and their clients, injecting drug users and their sexual partners, and men having sex with men and their other sexual partners; and secondly, on the effectiveness of efforts

Contents:

Contents; Figures, Tables, and Boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; 1. Background and Rationale; 2. Analytic Framework; Figures; 3. HIV and Related Surveillance in the South Asia Region; Tables; 4. Sexual and Injecting Drug Use Behaviors; 5. HIV Prevalence and Spread; 6. Country-Specific Analyses; Boxes; 7. Scaling Up HIV Prevention Programs; 8. Summary of Recommendations; Appendix A: The World Bank Response to AIDS in South Asia; Appendix B: Definition of Targeted and General Population Interventions; Appendix C: Country Analysis Summaries; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-54257-8

9786610542574

0-8213-6758-7

OCLC:

71354877

Publisher Number:

10.1596/978-0-8213-6757-5