HIV and AIDS in South Asia [[electronic resource] ] : an economic development risk / / Markus Haacker and Mariam Claeson, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.196/979200954
• Soggetto topico: AIDS (Disease) - Economic aspects - South Asia; HIV infections - Economic aspects - South Asia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HaackerMarkus ClaesonMariam
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; PART I The Epidemiology of HIV and Prevention Strategies; Figures; Map; Tables; Boxes; Annex Tables; PART II The Economic and Development Impacts of HIV and AIDS; PART III The Burden of HIV and AIDS on the Health Sector; Annex Figures; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers an original perspective on AIDS as a development issue in South Asia, a region with a heterogeneous epidemic and estimated national HIV prevalence rates of up to 0.5 percent. The analysis challenges the common perception of HIV and AIDS which has been shaped to a large extent by analysis of HIV and AIDS in other regions with much higher prevalence rates. Three risks to development are associated with HIV and AIDS in South Asia: the risk of escalation of concentrated epidemics, the economic welfare costs, and the fiscal costs of scaling up treatment.
• Titolo autorizzato: HIV and AIDS in South Asia
• ISBN: 1-282-01259-2; 9786612012594; 0-8213-7826-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454292603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Directions in Development