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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827146903321

Autore

Moses Stephen A

Titolo

AIDS in South Asia : understanding and responding to a heterogeneous epidemic / / Stephen Moses, James Blanchard, Han Kang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2006

ISBN

1-280-54257-8

9786610542574

0-8213-6758-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Collana

Health, nutrition, and population series

Altri autori (Persone)

BlanchardJames F

KangHan K

Disciplina

362.196/979200954

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease) - South Asia

Public health - South Asia

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

Contents; Figures, Tables, and Boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; 1. Background and Rationale; 2. Analytic Framework; Figures; 3. HIV and Related Surveillance in the South Asia Region; Tables; 4. Sexual and Injecting Drug Use Behaviors; 5. HIV Prevalence and Spread; 6. Country-Specific Analyses; Boxes; 7. Scaling Up HIV Prevention Programs; 8. Summary of Recommendations; Appendix A: The World Bank Response to AIDS in South Asia; Appendix B: Definition of Targeted and General Population Interventions; Appendix C: Country Analysis Summaries; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

South Asia's HIV epidemic is highly heterogeneous. As a result, informed, prioritized, and effective responses necessitate an understanding of the epidemic diversity between and within countries. Further spread of HIV in South Asia is preventable. The future size of South Asia's epidemic will depend on an effective two-pronged approach: firstly, on the scope and effectiveness of HIV prevention programs for sex workers and their clients, injecting drug users and their sexual partners, and men having sex with men and their other sexual partners; and secondly, on the effectiveness of efforts