AIDS in Developing Countries
AIDS in Developing Countries | Reducing Poverty Can Reduce AIDS in Developing Countries
Robert Hecht is senior adviser to the vice president for Human Development at the World Bank and has served as associate director of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Olusoji Adeyi is a senior health specialist for HIV/AIDS in the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank. Iris Semini is technical officer on poverty, debt, and AIDS at UNAIDS.
Summary: There is growing global recognition that AIDS is exacerbated by poverty and, in turn, further impoverishes poor nations. Indeed, many analysts are realizing that as more people...
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Table of Contents
- AIDS in Developing Countries: An Overview
- AIDS Is a Threat to Human Development and Security in Developing Countries
- The United States Should Provide Financial Assistance to Developing Countries to Combat AIDS
- The AIDS Epidemic Demands Action from the International Community
- The AIDS Epidemic Demands Action from Developing Countries
- African Nations Are Committed to Fighting the AIDS Epidemic
- The Chinese Government Is Hampering the Fight Against the AIDS Epidemic
- A Deadly Passage to India
- U.S. Pharmaceutical Companies and the U.S. Government Have Blocked the Availability of AIDS Drugs in Developing Countries
- U.S. Pharmaceutical Companies Have Helped Make AIDS Drugs Available in Developing Countries
- Rich and Poor Nations Should Collaborate in the Development of an AIDS Vaccine
- The Collaboration of Rich and Poor Nations in AIDS Research Creates Ethical Problems
- The Development of an AIDS Vaccine Is Not a “Magic Bullet” Solution
- Reducing Poverty Can Reduce AIDS in Developing Countries
- Developing Countries Need to Reduce Risky Behavior to Prevent AIDS
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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