Global Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and AIDS
Autor: | Gena L. Hill, Gayle Hd |
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Rok vydání: | 2001 |
Předmět: |
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Microbiology (medical) Anti-HIV Agents Epidemiology Cost effectiveness Developing country HIV Infections Global Health Article Disease Outbreaks Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Pregnancy Environmental health Pandemic Global health Humans Medicine Economic impact analysis General Immunology and Microbiology business.industry Transmission (medicine) Infant Newborn Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health virus diseases medicine.disease Virology Infectious Diseases Female business Delivery of Health Care Developed country |
Zdroj: | Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 14:327-335 |
ISSN: | 1098-6618 0893-8512 |
DOI: | 10.1128/cmr.14.2.327-335.2001 |
Popis: | SUMMARY This review provides information on the epidemiology, economic impact, and intervention strategies for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS pandemic in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) at the end of 1999, an estimated 34.3 million people were living with HIV/AIDS. Most of the people living with HIV, 95% of the global total, live in developing countries. Examples of the impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Newly Independent States provide insight into the demographics, modes of exposure, treatment and prevention options, and the economic effect of the epidemic on the global community. The epidemic in each region of the world is influenced by the specific risk factors that are associated with the spread of HIV/AIDS and the responses that have evolved to address it. These influences are important in developing HIV/AIDS policies and programs to effectively address the global pandemic. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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