The Politics of Global AIDS

Recognizing the donors' obligation to sustain financing for the millions of AIDS patient who would not be alive today without it, this essay proposes a dynamic paradigm for the struggle with the AIDS epidemic--"the AIDS transition"--And argues that to most rapidly achieve an AIDS transition new funding of AIDS treatment

The devastating effects of HIV/AIDS have propelled a multiplicity of activities at global, national and local level. This book is based on in-depth studies of the major global institutions in health, the role of pharmaceutical corporations, the functions of NGOs, and national responses to HIV/AIDS in two key case studies:

Picks up where the 1992 first edition left off tracking the AIDS epidemic throughout the world and the efforts, successes, and failures to curb its course and mitigate its impact. In addition to updated information, provides new perspectives based on recent developments. Covers epidemiology, a summary of scientific progress, how

The spread of HIV/AIDS affects businesses in all sectors, all industries and all countries. For companies and organizations everywhere, the question is no longer whether to take action on HIV/AIDS but which actions to take. Complete with an impressive collection of complex background and research on HIV/AIDS and a foreword

An international team of specialists in politics, policy, and activism provide an indispensable guide to the persistent challenges and emerging issues posed by the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, now in its fourth decade.