Thirty Years of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Argentina

Thirty Years of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Argentina
Author: Fernando Lavadenz
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2015-08-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1464805970

The 1992 creation of the National HIV/AIDS Program was a fundamental step for Argentina to reach the second lowest burden of HIV/AIDS in South America. From 2000 to 2010, Argentina further reduced the already low HIV/AIDS incidence of 15.9 per 100,000 by 25 percent and reduced the burden by 21 percent. This study analyzes the national and inter-provincial burden of disease, the demographics of new HIV cases, the demand and supply-sides of service delivery, and conducts a cost-benefit analysis of the National HIV/AIDS Program over the last decade. Though the National HIV/AIDS Program was an instrumental step towards these achievements, this book also examines other key programmatic innovations that have been essential to the country's success in the fight against HIV/AIDS, including the introduction of universal free antiretroviral treatment; a comprehensive legal framework for sexual and reproductive rights; the introduction of incentives and results-based financing in the HIV/AIDS program; electronic monitoring of supplies and medicines; and implementation of an electronic clinical governance system for improving the quality of care and patient follow-up, among others. Despite high costs of the Program, this study found the Argentine National HIV/AIDS Program is cost-beneficial. From 2000 to 2010, 4,379 potential lives were saved. Nonetheless, the fight against this epidemic poses continuous challenges, including a stubbornly high number of new infections among young men who have sex with men, inequalities in HIV/AIDS rates between provinces, insufficient coverage of HIV diagnostic testing, insufficient HIV testing of tuberculosis patients, low expenditure on HIV prevention, high comparative cost of antiretroviral treatment, and questions regarding the long-term financial sustainability of the AIDS program, considering the increasing number of patients in treatment. 'Thirty Years of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Argentina: An Assessment of the National Health Response' delves into the combination of factors that make Argentina a success story in combating HIV/AIDS.

Emerging Infectious Diseases from the Global to the Local Perspective

Emerging Infectious Diseases from the Global to the Local Perspective
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2001-03-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309171105

In October 1999, the Forum on Emerging Infections of the Institute of Medicine convened a two-day workshop titled "International Aspects of Emerging Infections." Key representatives from the international community explored the forces that drive emerging infectious diseases to prominence. Representatives from the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe made formal presentations and engaged in panel discussions. Emerging Infectious Diseases from the Global to the Local Perspective includes summaries of the formal presentations and suggests an agenda for future action. The topics addressed cover a wide range of issues, including trends in the incidence of infectious diseases around the world, descriptions of the wide variety of factors that contribute to the emergence and reemergence of these diseases, efforts to coordinate surveillance activities and responses within and across borders, and the resource, research, and international needs that remain to be addressed.

AIDS in Africa

AIDS in Africa
Author: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2005
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

This report presents three hypothetical case studies for how the AIDS epidemic in Africa could evolve over the next 20 years based on policy decisions taken today by African leaders and the rest of the world; and considers the factors likely to drive the future responses of African countries and the international community. The scenarios draw on the age-old tradition of story-telling, rather than using data projections, to explore the wider context of the AIDS epidemic, reflecting the complexity of the subject matter.

HIV/AIDS in South Africa

HIV/AIDS in South Africa
Author: S. S. Abdool Karim
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 612
Release: 2010-06-17
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781139487931

This second edition of the book provides up-to-date information on new drugs, new proven HIV prevention interventions, a new chapter on positive prevention, and current HIV epidemiology. This definitive text covers all aspects of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, from basic science to medicine, sociology, economics and politics. It has been written by a highly respected team of South African HIV/AIDS experts and provides a thoroughly researched account of the epidemic in the region.

The Origins of AIDS

The Origins of AIDS
Author: Jacques Pépin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2021-01-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108487491

An updated edition of Jacques Pépin's acclaimed account of the events that transformed a chimpanzee virus into a global pandemic.

The Global HIV Epidemics among Sex Workers

The Global HIV Epidemics among Sex Workers
Author: Deanna Kerrigan
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2012-12-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0821397753

A global economic analysis of HIV infection amongst sex workers, finding that evidence based and rights affirming interventions are not implemented to the level that their efficacy warrants, and that doing so at scale would be cost effective and deliver significant returns on investment.

Global AIDS Monitoring 2019

Global AIDS Monitoring 2019
Author: United Nations Publications
Publisher: UN
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2019-04-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9789292530884

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to national AIDS programmes and partners on the use of indicators to measure and report on the country response. The 2016 United Nations Political Declaration on Ending AIDS, adopted at the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS in June 2016, mandated UNAIDS to support countries in reporting on the commitments in the Political Declaration. The Political Declaration on Ending AIDS built on three previous political declarations: the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS and the 2011 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS.

Consolidated Guidelines on the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating and Preventing HIV Infection

Consolidated Guidelines on the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating and Preventing HIV Infection
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher:
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2016
Genre: AIDS (Disease)
ISBN: 9789241549684

These guidelines provide guidance on the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection and the care of people living with HIV. They are structured along the continuum of HIV testing, prevention, treatment and care. This edition updates the 2013 consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs following an extensive review of evidence and consultations in mid-2015, shared at the end of 2015, and now published in full in 2016. It is being published in a changing global context for HIV and for health more broadly.

Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic, June 2000

Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic, June 2000
Author: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2000
Genre: AIDS (Disease)
ISBN:

This report lays out the evidence, the success stories and the challenges that confront individual countries and the international community on HIV/AIDS. In doing so, it seeks to convey the true seriousness of the global epidemic, but also to keep hope alive.