Three Decades of HIV/AIDS in Asia - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8132109074 ISBN 13: 9788132109075

Publisher: SAGE, 2012

Synopsis

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 recognition of the fact that Asia remains the hardest hit after Africa. The lesson learnt from the Asian countries show that HIV can be prevented and clinically managed with sustained political commitment, adequate human and financial resources, and inter-sectoral action. With the modus operandi of real-life stories and case studies, this work is highly relevant in assessing the ground reality and the measures required for effective prevention, treatment, and care across the continuum.

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Review

Written by the eminent experts... This is a must read book for all those who are interested in HIV infection in Asia.

(Indian Journal of Medical Research)

Three Decades of HIV & Aids in Asia is one of the most comprehensive and intelligent treatises on the disease in the region. It is filled with facts... [and] is a compilation of reports that trace the history of and current practices in managing the disease in countries across Asia and highlights the pitfalls and successes of various preventive strategies....a must-read.

(Dawn)

About the Author

Jai P Narain is Coordinator/Regional Adviser on HIV/AIDS and TB programmes at WHO’s Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO), New Delhi. He has an MBBS and an MD from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, and a master’s in public health and in epidemiology from Harvard University, Boston. Associated with HIV/AIDS and TB prevention and control programmes since 1988, he has held positions at PAHO/AMRO Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (1988–90) and WHO, Geneva (1990–91). He has been with SEARO since 1991 where he has also served as Team Leader, Global Programme on AIDS (1991–95). Dr. Narain has also worked at prestigious institutions like the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, AIIMS, the Indian Council of Medical Research and Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta. He has published extensively and has edited/authored several books on various aspects of communicable diseases, mainly HIV/AIDS and TB.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 8132109074
• ISBN 13: 9788132109075
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472
• Editor: Narain Jai P.