Medical : AIDS & HIV

Around the world, telephone helplines have proved to be an accessible, affordable and acceptable source of HIV/AIDS information, counselling and referrals for callers from all walks of life. First initiated in high-income countries, helplines have expanded into many low- and middle-income countries, particularly as the latter improve their telecommunications infrastructure and identify HIV/AIDS as a pressing social concern. This Best Practice Case Study offers an opportunity to learn from the experiences of well-established helplines in India, the Philippines, South Africa, and Trinidad and Tobago. These initiatives demonstrate the principles that have made helplines globally successful, outlining the challenges facing helplines and creative approaches to meeting those challenges. more...

Price: $13.50

HIV/AIDS in the post-Soviet era may evolve into not only a humanitarian crisis, but also a significant political, economic and national security issue for the affected countries themselves and for the rest of the world. This volume addresses the multiple aspects of the epidemic for this important part of the world. more...

Price: $65.00

In Europe today, HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care are needed more than ever. HIV incidence steady in western and central Europe, and dramatically increasing in eastern Europe remains a major challenge to public health in the 21st century. With more than two million people living with HIV/AIDS in the WHO European Region, no country has been spared. This book tells the story of HIV/AIDS in Europe from a broad variety of perspectives: biomedical, social, cultural, economic and political. The authors are leading experts from across the Region and include both the infected and the affected, be they doctors or former drug users, United Nations employees or gay men, public health researchers or community activists. They describe how, from the first documented cases in 1981 to the present era of antiretroviral management, controlling the human immunodeficiency virus in Europe has proven elusive. Yet while antiretroviral therapy lets many HIV-positive Europeans lead normal lives, the vast majority of the Region s infected residents continue to face the disease unarmed. This volume not only analyses the past and surveys the present, but suggests how to move towards two fundamental goals: providing universal access to treatment and halting the spread of HIV/AIDS. more...

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Because of the similarities between HIV and immune deficiency infections in animals, scientists use animals as models to study pathogenesis and other aspects of HIV. Part of the "Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis" series, this volume reviews the immune deficiency virus in various hosts and also talks about the history and future of animal models. more...

Price: $139.00

Brings together an authoritative collection of essays from different countries and examines sexual behaviour, the reasons men sell sex, the meanings involved, and implications for HIV prevention. more...

Price: $51.95