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Preparing for the future of HIV/AIDS in Africa : a shared responsibility / [editor, Rona Briere].

Contributor(s): Briere, Rona.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington : National Academies Press, c2011Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.Description: 1 online resource (216 p.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780309160193.Subject(s): HIV infections -- Treatment -- Africa | HIV infections -- Africa -- Costs | HIV infections -- Treatment -- Government policy -- United States | AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment -- Africa | AIDS (Disease) -- Africa -- Costs | AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment -- Government policy -- United States | AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment -- International cooperation | Medical assistance, American | AIDS (Disease) -- AfricaGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 362.196/97920096 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge.
Contents:
Introduction -- The future impact of current decisions -- The burden of HIV/AIDS: implications for U.S. interests -- The burden of HIV/AIDS: implications for African states and societies -- Strategies to build capacity for prevention, treatment, and care of HIV/AIDS in Africa -- Strategies to ensure ethical decision-making capacity for HIV/AIDS: policy and programming in Africa.
Summary: HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The Institute of Medicine recommends that the United States and African nations move toward a strategy of shared responsibility such that these nations are empowered to take ownership of their HIV/AIDS problem and work to solve it.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- The future impact of current decisions -- The burden of HIV/AIDS: implications for U.S. interests -- The burden of HIV/AIDS: implications for African states and societies -- Strategies to build capacity for prevention, treatment, and care of HIV/AIDS in Africa -- Strategies to ensure ethical decision-making capacity for HIV/AIDS: policy and programming in Africa.

HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The Institute of Medicine recommends that the United States and African nations move toward a strategy of shared responsibility such that these nations are empowered to take ownership of their HIV/AIDS problem and work to solve it.

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