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AIDS: Taking a Long-Term View

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The definitive report on the AIDS pandemic: where it stands, where it's headed, what we know, and the choices we face

  • Authoritative and comprehensive: authored by the AIDS2031 Commission, a high-level international team of experts assembled by UNAIDS.
  • Covers the latest scientific research, funding, public health, treatment options, and directions for future progress.
  • An indispensable resource for policymakers, researchers, health professionals, stakeholders, and citizens.
  • Description

    • Copyright 2011
    • Dimensions: 6" x 9"
    • Edition: 1st
    • Book
    • ISBN-10: 0-13-217259-3
    • ISBN-13: 978-0-13-217259-2

    AIDS is a continuing worldwide health crisis. Over 25,000,000 people have died from AIDS, and more than 33,000,000 are infected today. While treatments in the developed world have moved AIDS from a fatal to a chronic, highly expensive disease, it remains the sixth greatest cause of death globally and most of those infected in the developing world don't have access to treatments.  Here, the AIDS 2031 Commission's experts report on the first 50 years of the AIDS pandemic: the 30 years that have passed since AIDS was first diagnosed, and the prospects and best plans to address the ongoing worldwide AIDS epidemic over the coming 20 years. The authors address the entire scope of the pandemic: basic science, public health, funding, treatment options, and social and societal impacts and review the full range of possible and recommended responses over the next two decades. They carefully assess the progress that has been made, and both persistent and emerging challenges. Written to be easily understandable by all readers, this book is the single best source of reliable information on where the pandemic stands today, where it's headed, and what can be done to create better outcomes between now and 2031.

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    Table of Contents

    Preface     ix

    Executive summary     xi

    AIDS timeline     xvii

    List of acronyms     xxiii

    Chapter 1: The future of AIDS: a still-unfolding global challenge     1

    Chapter 2: Generating knowledge for the future     35

    Chapter 3: Using knowledge for a better future     63

    Chapter 4: Financing AIDS programs over the next generation     97

    Chapter 5: The way forward: recommendations for long-term success     115

    aids2031 working papers and additional resources     125

    About the authors     131

    Acknowledgments     133

    Index     135

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