RethinkHIV : smarter ways to invest in ending HIV in sub-saharan Africa / edited by Bjørn Lomborg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lomborg, Bjørn, 1965- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

RethinkHIV (Project).

HIV infections--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Prevention.

HIV infections.

AIDS (Disease)--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Prevention.

AIDS (Disease).

HIV infections--Prevention--Cost effectiveness.

AIDS (Disease)--Prevention--Cost effectiveness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 363 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thirty years after the identification of the disease that became known as AIDS, humanitarian organizations warn that the fight against HIV/AIDS has slowed, amid a funding shortfall and donor fatigue. In this book, Bjørn Lomborg brings together research by world-class specialist authors, a foreword by UNAIDS founding director Peter Piot and perspectives from Nobel Laureates and African civil society leaders to identify the most effective ways to tackle the pandemic across sub-Saharan Africa. There remains an alarming lack of high-quality data evaluating responses to HIV. We still know too little about what works, where and how to replicate our successes. This book offers the first comprehensive attempt by teams of authors to analyze HIV/AIDS policy choices using cost-benefit analysis, across six major topics. This approach provides a provocative fresh look at the best ways to scale up the fight against this killer epidemic.

Contents:

Foreword / Peter Piot

Introduction / Bjørn Lomborg

Part I. The Research: 1. Sexual transmission of HIV / Jere R. Behrman and Hans-Peter Kohler; 2. Prevention of non-sexual transmission of HIV / Lori A. Bollinger; 3. Treatment / Mead Oliver and Geoffrey P. Garnett; 4/ Strengthening health systems / William P. McGreevey, with Carlos Avila and Mary Punchak; 5. Social policy interventions to enhance the HIV/AIDS response in sub-Saharan Africa / Ana Vassall, Michelle Remme, and Charlotte Watts; 6. Vaccine research and development / Robert Hecht and Dean T. Jamieson, with Jared Augenstein, Gabrielle Partridge and Kira Thorien

Part II. Ranking the Opportunities: 7.

Findings of the Nobel Laureate economist expert panel / Ernest Aryeetey [and others]; 7.1 Findings from African civil society / Bactrin Killingo [and others]; 7.2. Conclusion / Bjørn Lomborg.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-09027-2

1-139-57978-9

1-139-57296-2

1-139-56940-6

1-139-23680-6

1-139-57366-7

1-139-57121-4

1-283-71635-6

1-139-57030-7

OCLC:

817870598