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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460710503321

Autore

Lavadenz Fernando

Titolo

Thirty years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Argentina : an assessment of the national health response / / Fernando Lavadenz, Carla Pantanali, and Eliana Zeballos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The World Bank, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4648-0597-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Collana

Directions in Development : Human Development

Disciplina

362.19697/9200982

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease) - Epidemiology - Argentina

HIV infections - Argentina

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Chapter 1 Thirty Years of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Argentina""; ""Introduction""; ""Changes in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic during the Past Two Decades""; ""HIV/AIDS Response in Argentina: National Public Policy and Public Good""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2 Burden of HIV/AIDS in Argentina: Global and Regional Comparative Analysis""; ""Introduction""; ""Global Burden of Disease Approach""; ""HIV/AIDS Epidemics in Argentina Using a BoD Approach""

""Conclusion""""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Subnational Analysis of the Burden of HIV/AIDS in Argentina""; ""Introduction""; ""Methodology""; ""Subnational Epidemiological Analysis""; ""Subnational Burden of Disease Analysis""; ""Conclusion""; ""Annex 3A: Burden of HIV/AIDS in Argentina, 2005�10""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4 Advances and Challenges in the Supply of HIV/AIDS and STI Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment from the Argentine Public Health System""; ""Introduction""; ""Conceptual Definitions of the Participatory Diagnostic Study""; ""Methodology""

""Comparative Analysis for 2007�11""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 Social and Economic Factors Related to the



Demand Side of the HIV/AIDS Burden in Argentina""; ""Introduction""; ""High-Risk Populations in Argentina""; ""Methodology""; ""Data Analysis and Results""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6 Is Argentina Spending Too Much on Its HIV/AIDS Program? A Cross-Country Comparative Analysis""; ""Introduction""; ""Overview of Argentina's Domestic HIV/AIDS Spending""; ""Cross-Country Comparison of HIV/AIDS Spending""

""Viability and Sustainability of the HIV/AIDS Program in Argentina""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7 Cost-Benefit Analysis of the HIV/AIDS Program in Argentina""; ""Introduction""; ""Cost-Benefit Analysis""; ""Results""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Conclusions""; ""Key Advances""; ""Challenges""; ""Note""; ""Glossary""; ""Note""; ""Boxes""; ""2.1 Burden of Disease""; ""2.2 How Is a DALY Calculated?""; ""Figures""; ""1.1 AIDS Cases and HIV Incidence in Argentina, 1991�2011""; ""1.2 AIDS in Argentina, 1990�2011""

""1.3 HIV Incidence in Argentina, by Sex, 2001�11""""1.4 Number of New HIV Cases in Argentina, by Age, 2001�03 and 2010�12""; ""1.5 HIV Incidence in Argentina, by Age, 2001 and 2011""; ""1.6 Male-to-Female HIV Infection Ratio, by Age, 2001�11""; ""1.7 HIV Transmission Routes in Argentina, 2010�12""; ""1.8 AIDS Cases and Deaths Caused by AIDS, 1990�2011""; ""1.9 Deaths Caused by AIDS, by Sex, 1990�2011""; ""1.10 Vertical HIV Transmission Rate among Children Born to HIV Positive Mothers, 2000�11""; ""1.11 HIV Vertical Transmission, by Sex, 2001�12""

""1.12 HIV Diagnosis Among Women According to Pregnancy Stage, 2009�12""

Sommario/riassunto

The 1992 creation of the National HIV/AIDS Program was a fundamental step for Argentina to reach the second lowest burden of HIV/AIDS in South America. From 2000 to 2010, Argentina further reduced the already low HIV/AIDS incidence of 15.9 per 100,000 by 25 percent and reduced the burden by 21 percent. This study analyzes the national and inter-provincial burden of disease, the demographics of new HIV cases, the demand and supply-sides of service delivery, and conducts a cost-benefit analysis of the National HIV/AIDS Program over the last decade. Though the National HIV/AIDS Program was an ins