Achieving an AIDS Transition
Preventing Infections to Sustain Treatment
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Ailments & Diseases, AIDS & HIV, Reference, Health Policy, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Mead Over | ISBN: | 9781933286624 |
| Publisher: | Brookings Institution Press | Publication: | August 31, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Center for Global Development | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mead Over |
| ISBN: | 9781933286624 |
| Publisher: | Brookings Institution Press |
| Publication: | August 31, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Center for Global Development |
| Language: | English |
Five million people in poor countries are receiving AIDS treatment, but international AIDS policy is still in crisis. Donors are giving less than they had been, even though infections continue unabated, and the number of people dependent on treatment rises each year.
This book proposes a feasible medium-term objective for AIDS policy: achieving an "AIDS transition," that is, keeping AIDS deaths down by sustaining treatment while pushing new infections even lower, so that the total number of people living with HIV/AIDS begins to decline. How? Through a new, incentive-driven strategy to improve HIV prevention and a sustained effort to get the most from AIDS treatment.
Five million people in poor countries are receiving AIDS treatment, but international AIDS policy is still in crisis. Donors are giving less than they had been, even though infections continue unabated, and the number of people dependent on treatment rises each year.
This book proposes a feasible medium-term objective for AIDS policy: achieving an "AIDS transition," that is, keeping AIDS deaths down by sustaining treatment while pushing new infections even lower, so that the total number of people living with HIV/AIDS begins to decline. How? Through a new, incentive-driven strategy to improve HIV prevention and a sustained effort to get the most from AIDS treatment.
