AIDS in South Asia [[electronic resource] ] : understanding and responding to a heterogeneous epidemic / / Stephen Moses, James Blanchard, Han Kang
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| Autore: |
Moses Stephen A
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| Titolo: |
AIDS in South Asia [[electronic resource] ] : understanding and responding to a heterogeneous epidemic / / Stephen Moses, James Blanchard, Han Kang
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (140 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.196979200954 |
| Soggetto topico: | AIDS (Disease) - South Asia |
| Public health - South Asia | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
BlanchardJames F
KangHan K
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | AIDS in South Asia |
| ISBN: | 1-280-54257-8 |
| 9786610542574 | |
| 0-8213-6758-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450457403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Health, nutrition, and population series.