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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463316203321

Autore

Over A. Mead

Titolo

Achieving an AIDS transition [[electronic resource] ] : preventing infections to sustain treatment / / Mead Over

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Center for Global Development

Baltimore, MD, : Distributed by Brookings Institution Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-83577-0

1-933286-62-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

616.97/92

616.9792

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease) - Prevention

AIDS (Disease) - Treatment

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Globla AIDS Transition: A Feasible Objective for AIDS Policy; Using Incentives to Prevent HIV Infections; Sustaining and Leveraging AIDS Treatment; Appendix A: Alternative Approaches to Estimating the Average Cost of Antiretroviral Treatment; Appendix B: A Meta-Analysis of the Health Benefits of Early Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy; Appendix C: A Model for Projecting Future AIDS Treatment Costs; Notes; References; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Five million people in poor countries are receiving AIDS treatment, but international AIDS policy is still in crisis. Donors are giving less than they had been, even though infections continue unabated, and the number of people dependent on treatment rises each year.This book proposes a feasible medium-term objective for AIDS policy: achieving an ""AIDS transition,"" that is, keeping AIDS deaths down by sustaining treatment while pushing new infections even lower, so that the total number of people living with HIV/AIDS begins to decline. How? Through a new, incentive-driven strategy