AIDS in Asia : the challenge ahead by Narain, Jai P instant download

AIDS in Asia : the challenge ahead by Narain, Jai P instant download

1 online resource (395 pages) :, AIDS poses an unprecedented health and developmental threat the world over including Asia. Ever since it emerged in the early 1980s, it has been spreading rapidly across continents and devastating millions of lives. In the process it has stretched the health-care systems and wrecked the economies and social fabric of many societies. Developing countries, including those in Asia--which has the second highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS--are the most seriously affected. In Asian countries, the problem is compounded by the lack of awareness, poverty, and inadequate funds and infrastructur, Includes bibliographical references and index, AIDS in Asia : the epidemic profile and lessons learnt so far / Jai P. Narain -- The economic and security dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Asia / Jette Nielse and Bjorn Melgaard -- The pandemic of HIV infection : lessons from Africa / Ahmed S. Latif -- The 100 per cent condom use programme : a success story / Wiwat Rojanapithayakorn -- Management and control of sexually-transmitted infections and their implications for AIDS control in South-east Asia / Heiner Grosskurth and Gurumurthy Rangaiyan -- The \"3 by 5\" initiative : challenges and opportunities for Asia / Jai P. Narain and Charles F. Gilks -- Drug-related HIV in South and South-east Asia / Swarup Sarkar, Anindya Chatterjee and Anne Bergenstrom -- HIV/AIDS and sexually-transmitted infections in Thailand : lessons learned and challenges ahead / Anupong Chitwarakorn -- HIV/AIDS in India : problem and response / Mohammed Shaukat and Salil Panakadan -- The China HIV/AIDS epidemic and current response / Shen Jie, Liu Kangmai, Han Mengjie and Zhang Fujie -- The AIDS situation in Nepal / B.K. Suvedi -- HIV/AIDS in Sri Lanka : problem and the response / Iyanthi Abeyewickreme -- Response in a post-conflict setting : HIV and vulnerability in Afghanistan / Anne Bergenstrom and Naqibullah Safi -- Prevention of transfusion transmissible HIV in Myanmar /…