AIDS in Asia: A Continent in Peril - Couverture rigide

Hunter, Susan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1403967741 ISBN 13 : 9781403967749

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Synopsis

The spread of AIDS in Asia is accelerating so quickly it will soon overtake growth of the disease in Africa. Over the next two decades, so containment of Asia's epidemics will be decisive to global stability because the region is home to 60 per cent of the world's population. AIDS in Asia is marked by four significant facts: the enormous populations involved; Asia's deliberate denial and inattention by its leader's; Asia's role in the sex trade and drug production; and large economic differences between states that lead to exploitation of the poorest countries in the region (Laos, Burma and Nepal) and stimulate continuous migration of the poor. At the crucial moment when the spread of AIDS in this region is beginning to gain worldwide recognition, distinguished expert Susan Hunter makes clear the catastrophic threat AIDS poses to Asia and the world, and draws on her experience of the pandemic in other regions to map out steps that must be taken in order for it to be contained.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Susan Hunter is an Independent Consultant who has worked at the highest policy level with world health organizations (UNAIDS, UNICEF, USAID) in Africa over the last 20 years. She continues to travel frequently in Africa and South East Asia as part of her work on the pandemic, and lives with her husband in upstate New York, USA. She is the author of Who Cares?, also published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1403967741
• ISBN 13: 9781403967749
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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