Overview

A quarter of a century since the first recognition of HIV/AIDS in 1981, this book reflects on the international impact of the disease. It has persistently remained a global issue, with more than 50 million people worldwide estimated to have been infected since that date. This ambitious book, written by 165 authors from 30 countries, offers a multi-country comparative study that examines how the response to the common, global threat of HIV is shaped by the history, culture, institutions and health systems of the individual countries affected. Increasingly the shift of health systems has been from prevention only as the main containment strategy, to a strategy that includes scaling up HIV treatment, and care and prevention services, including antiretroviral therapy. Thus, all parts of the health system must be involved; policy makers, healthcare professionals and users of the services have been forced to think differently about how services are financed, how resources are allocated, how systems are structured and organized, how services are delivered to patients, and how the resulting activity is monitored and evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, equity and acceptability of the response. This book is unique in attempting to describe and assess a range of responses across the globe by situating them within the characteristics of each country and its health system. Most chapters combine a health policy expert with an HIV specialist, allowing both a 'top down' health system approach and a 'bottom up' HIV-specific perspective. There are thematic and analytical sections, which provide an overview and some suggestions for solutions to the most serious outstanding issues, and chapters which analyse specific country and organisational responses. There is no perfect health system, but the evidence provided here allows the sharing of knowledge, and a opportunity to assess the impact and reactions, to an epidemic that must be considered a long term issue.

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Author:   Eduard J Beck (, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, McGill University, Canada) ,  Nicholas Mays (, Professor of Health Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK) ,  Alan W Whiteside (, Professor and Director, Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) ,  José M Zuniga (, Executive Officer, International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, Chicago, USA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 4.40cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   1.441kg
ISBN:  

9780199237401

ISBN 10:   0199237409
Pages:   840
Publication Date:   13 December 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

The Pandemic 1: EJ Beck, N Mays: The HIV Pandemic and Health Systems: An Introduction 2: CA Hankins, KA Stanecki, P Ghys, H Marais: The Evolving HIV Pandemic 3: T Quinlan, A Whiteside: Social and Economic Impact of the HIV Pandemic 4: E Stillwaggon: Determinants of the HIV Pandemic in Developing Countries Prevention, Treatment and Care: Advances in Knowledge 5: SA Strathdee, M-L Newell, FI Bastos, TL Patterson: HIV Prevention Programmes: an Overview 6: JMA Lange: Antiretroviral Treatment and Care of HIV 7: J Esparza, M-L Chang, HD Gayle: HIV Vaccines: Development and Future Use 8: N Gilmore: Ethical Issues and HAART 9: D Patterson, L Forman: Legal and Human Rights Implications 10: P DeLay, N Massoud, DL Rugg, KA Stanecki, M Carael: Strategic Information for HIV Programmes 11: G Harling, L Soderstrom: The Contribution of Cost-effectiveness Analysis Country Responses 12: L Lush, E Darkoh, SL Ramotlhwa: Botswana 13: Y Kitaw, D Haile Mariam, A Demissie, D Wolday, T Messele, E Aberra, T Belay, A Kassa: Ethiopia 14: A Ogundiran, B Fatunmbi, BT Costatinos: Nigeria 15: C Simms, P Salif Sow, E Sy: Senegal 16: D McCoy, R Wood, L Dudley, P Barron: South Africa 17: JO Parkhurst, F Ssengooba, D Serwadda: Uganda 18: G Morineau, M van Pelt, F Bourdier, RC Wolf: Cambodia 19: Ma Shao-Jun, S Hillier, Kong-Lai Zhang, J Shen, Liu Min, Jin Chen-Gang: China 20: R Priya, N Kumarasamy, I Qadeer, AK Ganesh, S Solomon, SM Crowe: India 21: S Gunawan, S Kosen, C Simms: Indonesia 22: OT Monzon, R Poblete: Philippines 23: V Tangcharoensathien, W Phoolcharoen, S Thanprasertsuk, C Suraratdecha: Thailand 24: ER Walrond, TC Roach: Barbados 25: MI Lantero Abreu, J Waller, J Joanes Fiol, J Perez Avila, R Torres Peña, M Santín Peña, R Ochoa Soto, G Estevez Torres: Cuba 26: A Augustin, DW Fitzgerald, JW Pape: Haiti 27: R Carr, JP Figueroa, PR Carr: Jamaica 28: G Hamilton, C Falistocco, P Cahn, C Zala: Argentina 29: ML Petersen, C Travassos, FI Bastos, MA Hacker, EJ Beck, J Carvalho de Noronha: Brazil 30: J Salas Martínez, I Salom: Costa Rica 31: YA Flori, C Moty-Monnereau, E Patouillard, F Dabis, R Salamon: France 32: F Taroni, G France, A Tramarin, E Conti, A Donatini, FA Compostella: Italy 33: J Stachowiak, A Peryshkina, S Lessof: Russian Federation 34: J Castilla, I Noguer, JR Repullo: Spain 35: V Lekhan, V Rudiy, E Nolte, J Jacobi, L Andrushchak, A Shcherbinska, Y Kruglov: Ukraine 36: J Imrie, S Dougan, K Gray, MW Adler, AM Johnson, BG Evans, BS Peters: United Kingdom 37: MLA Rusch, V Alfonso, CA Hankins, JSG Montaner, M O'Shaughnessy, RS Hogg: Canada 38: JA Izazola-Licea, C Avila-Figueroa, S Gómez-Fraga: Mexico 39: B Fetter, DH Morgan, J Levi: United States of America Global and National Responses 40: E van Praag, KL Dehne, V Chandra-Mouli: The UN response to the HIV Pandemic 41: C Simms: Donor, Lender and Research Agencies' Response to the HIV Crisis 42: MA Lewis, SA Stout: Financing HIV: the Roles of International Financial Institutions 43: M Haacker: Fiscal and Macroeconomic Aspects of the HIV Pandemic 44: J Fleet, B N'Daw: Trade, Intellectual Property and Access to Affordable HIV Medications 45: J Bos, O Schellekens, A de Groot: Country Level Public-Private Partnerships for Successful HIV Treatment Programmes 46: N Dreesch, MR Dal Poz, G Gedik, O Adams, TG Evans: Developing Human Resources for the HIV Pandemic 47: JM Zuniga: The Contribution of Civil Society 48: RA Roberts, A Hickey, Z Rosner: The Role of Community Involvement in HIV Programmes in South Africa Strengthening the Response 49: CA Hankins, C Fontaine, M Sidibe: Responding Effectively to the HIV Pandemic 50: EJ Beck, N Mays: Some Lessons Learned

Reviews

Overall, this is an informative and interesting book, with the case studies from the different countries being particularly interesting. It will serve as a valuable resource to individuals working for international agencies, donors and researchers in providing important background information on the HIV pandemic. * WHO Bulletin * This is an important book for all those interested in comparative health policy and an essential reference in the charting of responses to HIV/AIDS. * Public Health *

This is an important book for all those interested in comparative health policy and an essential reference in the charting of responses to HIV/AIDS. Public Health Overall, this is an informative and interesting book, with the case studies from the different countries being particularly interesting. It will serve as a valuable resource to individuals working for international agencies, donors and researchers in providing important background information on the HIV pandemic. WHO Bulletin

Overall, this is an informative and interesting book, with the case studies from the different countries being particularly interesting. It will serve as a valuable resource to individuals working for international agencies, donors and researchers in providing important background information on the HIV pandemic. WHO Bulletin

Author Information

Eduard Beck has recently taken up a post in the HIV Department of the World Health Organisation in Geneva. Nicholas Mays has served as Director of Health Services Research at the King's Fund, the UK's leading independent health policy and management foundation. He has also acted as principal adviser in the Social Policy Branch of the New Zealand Treasury. Professor Mays is editor of the Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, published by the Royal Society of Medicine Press. Alan W Whiteside is an elected Member of Governing Council of the International AIDS Society, a member of the Governing Council of Waterford Kamhlaba College, and one of the Commissioners of the UN Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa. He has written the forthcoming OUP book HIV/AIDS: A Very Short Introduction.

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