UNAIDS : the first ten years, 1996-2006 / Lindsay Knight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knight, Lindsay.

Contributor:

Cleves, Julia.

Davies, Keith.

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--Prevention and control--History.

AIDS (Disease).

HIV infections--Prevention and control--History.

HIV infections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : World Health Organization, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the history of a relatively young organization-UNAIDS, launched in 1996 to strengthen the way in which the United Nations (UN) was responding to AIDS, one of the worst pandemics the world has ever known. By 1996, some 15 years since a few cases of the new condition were first reported in a scientific publication, over four million people had died from AIDS, several million were living with HIV and the future predictions were dire. This book relates the struggles and achievements of the institution, and the contribution it has made to the progress, however slow and faltering at times, i

Contents:

CONTENTS; UNAIDS History: Preface; Chapter 1: The beginning of the AIDS epidemic and the United Nationsresponse, 1981-1993; Chapter 2: The development and difficult birth of UNAIDS, 1994-1995; Chapter 3: UNAIDS opens for business, 1996-1997; Chapter 4: Changing the political landscape, 1998-1999; Country section: Côte d'Ivoire; Chapter 5: The end of the beginning: a clear global mandate, 2000-2001; Country section: Ukraine; Chapter 6: Changing the United Nations landscape in countries, 2002-2003; Country section: Haiti; Chapter 7: Making the money work, 2004-2005

Country section: Kenya - an early proponent of the "Three Ones""Chapter 8: Improving the focus on prevention and vulnerable groups, 2004-2005; Country section: Malawi; Chapter 9: Looking to the future: the challenge of sustaining an exceptionalresponse to AIDS; The challenges; Conclusion; Acronyms; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-27388-4

9786612273889

92-9173-815-8

OCLC:

436917020