Preventing and Mitigating AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title | Preventing and Mitigating AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Data and Research Priorities for Arresting AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa |
Publisher | National Academies |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1996-01-01 |
Genre | Medical |
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The AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to affect all facets of life throughout the subcontinent. Deaths related to AIDS have driven down the life expectancy rate of residents in Zambia, Kenya, and Uganda with far-reaching implications. This book details the current state of the AIDS epidemic in Africa and what is known about the behaviors that contribute to the transmission of the HIV infection. It lays out what research is needed and what is necessary to design more effective prevention programs.
Combating AIDS
Title | Combating AIDS PDF eBook |
Author | Arvind Singhal |
Publisher | SAGE |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9780761997283 |
' Awarded the Annual Award for Distinguished Scholarly Book in Applied Communication, by the National Communication Association, USA? `This gripping narrative not only documents the history of humankind's interaction with a clever virus, it brings to the forefront the much and understated and underused role of communication in HIV and AIDS prevention, care and treatment. Singhal and Rogers remind us that our global environment is shaped by powerful communication means and methods that, if properly harnessed, can help defeat the plague of the 21st century' - Neil McKee, Senior Technical Advisor for HIV/AIDS and Adolescent Health, Johns Hopkins University `This book is an important contribution to AIDS education globally. The rich and diverse cases analyze, humanize and contextualize the continuum of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support. Researchers and practitioners will find this book most useful' - Collins Airhihenbuwa, Professor of Bio-Behavioural Health, Penn State University `Educating people about AIDS is one of the biggest communication challenges that we face today. This remarkable book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the challenges and ways to overcome it. Thorough and hopeful, this is one of those books that can actually make a difference in this world' - Emanuel Rosen, author of 'The Anatomy of Buzz' `A thoroughly readable and inspiring book by two of the world's foremost health communication experts. Accessible and personalised, it is a "must-read" for all those interested in AIDS prevention, care and support' - Shereen Usdin, Co-Founder of the Soul City Institute of Health and Development Communication, South Africa `This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the strategies related to HIV/AIDS communications. It is published at a critical moment as the world increasingly realizes the role of communication in the fight against HIV/AIDS' - Rafael Obregon, Social Communication Advisor, Pan American Health Organization `Combating AIDS is slickly written using commicators' theories, taking the reader step-by-step through various arguments, and using repitition to ingrain them in the reader's mind' - Ritu Priya, Nature HIV/AIDS is a matter of global concern. The world is now more than 20 years into the HIV/AIDS crisis with no vaccine in sight, and relatively few effective and sustainable prevention programs. Although the rate of HIV infection and AIDS deaths has declined in the richer nations of the developed world, infection rates are soaring in developing countries. AIDS is now the leading cause of death in Africa, and the fourth leading cause of death globally. The purpose of this book is to synthesize critical lessons about effective HIV/AIDS prevention programmes, with a major emphasis on communication strategies. The authors feel that despite the growing AIDS crisis, the world is making poor use of behaviour change and communication strategies for HIV/AIDS prevention. To begin with, the role of communication strategies in HIV prevention, care and support has been grossly underestimated. Prevention is shortchanged, despite the fact that no cure for AIDS has been found, and the cost of anti-retroviral therapy is out of reach for most who need it. Many communication strategies are culturally inappropriate, so they may offend public sensitivities, which is easy to do when dealing with a sensitive topic that involves sex, stigma and death. Combating AIDS: Communicaton Strategies in Action focuses on communication strategies that could mobilize political action, target high-risk groups, and overcome stigma. The authors have also described and analyzed the value of entertainment-education strategy in HIV prevention
Global Health Governance and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Title | Global Health Governance and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS PDF eBook |
Author | Wolfgang Hein |
Publisher | Palgrave MacMillan |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2007-08-09 |
Genre | Medical |
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This book addresses conflicts and institutional changes of global health governance in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
Combating AIDS in the Developing World
Title | Combating AIDS in the Developing World PDF eBook |
Author | Josh Ruxin |
Publisher | Earthscan |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Aids (Disease) |
ISBN | 1844072258 |
Local Women, Global Science
Title | Local Women, Global Science PDF eBook |
Author | Karen M. Booth |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 2004-05-12 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780253110787 |
There is evidence that women who live in societies that uphold male privilege -- the majority of the world's women -- are at increased risk for HIV infection. In Local Women, Global Science, Karen M. Booth looks closely at the operation of two clinics for sexually transmitted diseases in Nairobi, Kenya, and explores how internationally funded and nationally sanctioned interventions to stop the spread of HIV have focused almost exclusively on the sexual and reproductive behaviors of those who are least able to challenge male power and dominance -- working-class and poor women. Moving past the current politics of development, women's health, and AIDS prevention, Booth's work enhances our understanding of how globalized and local networks, power relationships, ideologies, and social practices contribute to the current AIDS crisis. This bold and important book reveals conceptual flaws in AIDS prevention policy and will inspire new ideas for dealing with this deadly epidemic in Kenya, Africa, and beyond.
Preventing AIDS
Title | Preventing AIDS PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin P. Bowser |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 0789012340 |
This book is designed to help frontline prevention organizations answer two questions that are of utmost importance. First, how effective are their services; and second, can their work be improved? The absence of rigorous evaluation is a barrier to stable funding for community organizations, and the strategies in Preventing AIDS: Community-Science Collaborations can help overcome that barrier. The book examines six unique efforts to prevent the spread of AIDS among high-risk populations such as prostitutes, injection drug users, impoverished pregnant women, migrant workers, transgendered persons, and prison inmates. You'll learn about the difficult but critically important cooperative efforts between community organizations who do frontline prevention work and university scientists who evaluate the effectiveness of that work. Handy tables and figures make important data easy to access and understand. To view an excerpt online, find the book in our QuickSearch catalog at www.HaworthPress.com.
Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS in Africa
Title | Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2011-03-28 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309212073 |
HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The Institute of Medicine recommends that the United States and African nations move toward a strategy of shared responsibility such that these nations are empowered to take ownership of their HIV/AIDS problem and work to solve it.