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by: Sara J Martin publisher: The Center, published: 1998 ASIN: B0006R8JB4 |
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publisher: Ashgate Publishing, published: 2006-06-15 ASIN: 0754624587 EAN: 9780754624585 sales rank: 6601483 The occurrence of HIV/AIDS has affected every aspect of justice systems worldwide. There are legal, law enforcement, and custody issues abound. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of these issues as well as strategies and solutions. |
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by: L. B. Bensley publisher: Balance Group Pub Llc, published: 1997-01 ASIN: 0965543617 EAN: 9780965543613 sales rank: 6754002 |
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by: Yolanda Tayler publisher: World Bank Publications, published: 2004-06 ASIN: 0821358480 EAN: 9780821358481 sales rank: 3257107 Battling HIV/AIDS sets out principles and provides advice on the procurement of HIV/AIDS medicines and related supplies for programs scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) and associated health services. This technical guide examines the elements required to establish and ensure continuity of supplies, including medicines and other commodities. It provides extensive guidance on key topics: Quality Assurance, Selection & Quantification methods, Intellectual Property Rights, Procurement Strategies, Pricing & Financing, the Supply Cycle and Policy Issues. Specializing in procurement for HIV-related programs, Battling HIV/AIDS is a valuable resource for implementing agencies and donors dealing with HIV/AIDS related procurement, as it: * focuses on resource-poor settings with little experience of treatment programs that include ART. * discusses newer and more expensive drugs and tests required for ART, which because of cost or scale, have not yet become part of essential medicines policy in many countries. * draws attention to some of the unpredictable factors associated with the scaling up of ART such as rapid growth in demand, the appearance of new medicines and tests, and sudden changes in markets. * provides practical advice on intellectual property rights, a complex but important subject, laying out in simple terms the array of options available to national governments. * provides references to valuable materials and offers links to readily available instructions and documentation |
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by: Margaret U. DâSilva publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, published: 2008-01-10 ASIN: 1847188664 EAN: 9781847188663 sales rank: 2905731 Stating that HIV/AIDS is a colossal public health problem is a vast understatement. Its effects extend to all reaches of the globe and its toll is enormous. , The most recent statistics on HIV infections, people living with HIV/AIDS, and AIDS-related deaths are jolting. Current realities, historical data, and future projections clearly indicate that much more action is needed to prevent new infections and curb the effects of HIV/AIDS. Rather than a single global strategy for HIV/AIDS prevention, programs must be developed and implemented with an awareness of local, regional, national, and international conditions. Our hope for this book is that additional insight into HIV/AIDS prevention can be garnered and the ideas generated here will spur new efforts and improve existing ones. The chapters in this book explore how health communication researchers and practitioners continue to play critical roles in lessening the spread of HIV and the devastating impacts of HIV/AIDS locally, regionally, and globally. The bookâs three sectionsâgeneral prevention, global context, and specific contextsâaddress a range of topics. Chapters range from formative research to message construction and processing (e.g., difficulties in communicating statistical information, understanding risk messages), address geographical regions from Africa and Asia to Central America and the Caribbean, and examine specific contexts from university students to later-life adults as well as African Americans and persons living with HIV/AIDS. Because there is currently neither a cure for HIV/AIDS nor a vaccine to prohibit infection, the concluding chapter reinforces the bookâs main premisesâbehavior change as the key to prevention and health communication work as crucial to achieving such change. |
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by: Robert J. Brent publisher: Edward Elgar Pub, published: 2010-06 ASIN: 1847203310 EAN: 9781847203311 `Professor Brent's book is a superlative addition to the HIV/AIDS policy literature. Both non-specialists and specialists in policy evaluation will benefit from the lucid exposition of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) methods applied to the most critical and far-reaching problem that challenges social institutions and individual behavior. Essentially, Professor Brent has taken his vast experience in cost-benefit analysis, and on the ground African research, to apply CBA in a compelling and insightful manner. This book re-examines HIV/AIDS policy in Sub-Saharan countries where the devastation is an infection tsunami. . . Finding what actually works may be difficult, but Professor Brent argues persuasively that using a CBA framework is the best approach.' - William S. Cartwright, George Mason University, US HIV/AIDS is much too complex a phenomenon to be understood only by reference to common sense and ethical codes. This book presents the cost-benefit analysis (CBA) framework in a well-researched and accessible manner to ensure that the most important considerations are recognized and incorporated. This book argues that HIV/AIDS policies need to be evidence based and that CBA is the best way to assemble and summarize the evidence. The work explains why CBA is needed and highlights a number of myths, misinformation and counterintuitive results in the field, and critiques the Millennium Development Goals approach. It also presents HIV/AIDS as a hunger issue in sub-Saharan Africa and as a sexual transmission problem in the US. The roles of nutrition, income, education, religion, agricultural policy, concurrency and sexual networks are all examined. Robert Brent explains the main cost-benefit methods and applications, including threshold analysis, willingness to pay, cost minimization, cost-effectiveness, human capital theory and the value of a statistical life. Applications cover female education, possible vaccines, condoms, and various forms of treatment. He concludes by explaining how CBA incorporates social considerations such as equity. With timely and controversial discussions, this book will be read with interest by AIDS activists, NGO members, policy-makers and public officials, as well as being accessible to non-economists interested in the subject of HIV/AIDS. |
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by: Glynis Clacherty publisher: Heinemann International Literature & Textbooks, published: 2004-03-03 ASIN: 0435912135 EAN: 9780435912130 sales rank: 4994913 |
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by: Elizabeth Hagan publisher: Harrington Park Pr, published: 1998-06 ASIN: 1560239336 EAN: 9781560239338 In this startling new collection of case studies entitled HIV/AIDS and the Drug Culture: Shattered Lives, you’ll take an eye-opening and informative look at the lifestyle and culture of the HIV/AIDS intravenous drug users (IVDUs). You’ll see how health care providers and caregivers can update their methods and mindsets in order to meet the needs of this special cross-section of patients.In each chapter of HIV/AIDS and the Drug Culture, you’ll gain instant access to full medical and psychosocial histories. You’ll also find summaries of important events, clues to recognize, and strategies to safely manage each problematic situation that might arise, all of which will speed you on your way to more effectively and professionally administering to current and former intravenous drug users. Specifically, you’ll read about:
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publisher: McFarland & Company, published: 1995-10 ASIN: 0786401354 EAN: 9780786401352 sales rank: 8539456 |
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by: Francisco J. Gonzalez publisher: Aids Health Project, published: 2001-01 ASIN: 1879168057 EAN: 9781879168053 sales rank: 5858745 |