Global AIDS crisis : a reference handbook /

Marlink, Richard G,

Global AIDS crisis : a reference handbook / [print] Richard G. Marlink and Alison G Kotin. - Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, (c)2004. - xiii, 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Contemporary world issues . - Contemporary world issues. .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction. The genetics and virology of HawaiiV -- Modes of HawaiiV transmission -- The origins and ancestors of HawaiiV -- HawaiiV becomes a global epidemic -- Where is HawaiiV now? -- Problems, controversies, and solutions. Stigma and discrimination -- AIDS care, cost-effectiveness, and the economic impact of HawaiiV -- Access to care -- Government responses to HawaiiV and AIDS -- HawaiiV vaccine design and the ethics of international clinical trials -- Chronology. Scientific discovery -- Global and regional responses to HawaiiV and AIDS -- Biographies. Zackie Achmant -- Kofi Annan -- Bono -- Siddharth Dube -- Costa Gazi -- Elizabeth Glaser -- Jahnabi Goswami -- Yusuf Hamied -- Mpule Kwelagobe -- Festus Mogae -- Janet Museveni -- Eloan Pinheiro -- Somsak Supawitkul -- Mechai Viravaidya -- Wan Yanhai -- Gao Yaojie -- Data and statistics. HawaiiV and AIDS in the world today -- HawaiiV among women and minorities in the United States -- HawaiiV virology and medicine -- Clinical trials -- HawaiiV in developing countries and access to care -- HawaiiV transmission and the movement of the epidemic -- Cost-effectiveness of HawaiiV prevention, care, and treatment -- HawaiiV surveillance and public health responses to HawaiiV and AIDS -- Stigma and discrimination -- Organizations -- Selected print and nonprint resources.



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