AIDS in Asia : the challenge ahead

AIDS in Asia : the challenge ahead edited by Jai P. Narain. - New Delhi : Thousand Oaks, Calif. : World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia ; New Delhi ; Sage Publications, 2004. - 395 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

AIDS in Asia: the epidemic profile and lessons learnt so far / Jai P. Narain -- The economic and security dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Asia / Jette Nielse and Bjorn Melgaard -- The pandemic of HIV infection: lessons from Africa / Ahmed S. Latif -- The 100 per cent condom use programme: a success story / Wiwat Rojanapithayakorn -- Management and control of sexually-transmitted infections and their implications for AIDS control in South-east Asia / Heiner Grosskurth and Gurumurthy Rangaiyan -- The '3 by 5' initiative: challenges and opportunities for Asia / Jai P. Narain and Charles F. Gilks -- Drug-related HIV in South and South-east Asia / Swarup Sarkar, Anindya Chatterjee and Anne Bergenström -- HIV/AIDS and sexually-transmitted infections in Thailand: lessons learned and challenges ahead / Anupong Chitwarakorn -- HIV/AIDS in India: problem and response / Mohammed Shaukat and Salil Panakadan -- The China HIV/AIDS epidemic and current response / Shen Jie, Liu Kangmai, Han Mengjie and Zhang Fujie -- The AIDS situation in Nepal / B.K. Suvedi -- HIV/AIDS in Sri Lanka: the problem and the response / Iyanthi Abeyewickreme -- Response in a post-conflict setting: HIV and vulnerability in Afghanistan / Anne Bergenström and Naqibullah Safi -- Prevention of transfusion-transmissible HIV in Myanmar / Myint Zaw -- Occurrence and management of opportunistic infections associated with HIV/AIDS in Asia / Subhash K. Hira -- The challenge of HIV/TB in Asia / Jai P. Narain -- Antiretroviral treatment in resource-limited settings / Emanuele Pontali ... [et al.] -- Enhancing access to ARV in the developing countries / Ranjit Roy Chaudhury -- Developing a national antiretroviral programme for people with HIV/AIDS: experience of Thailand / Sombat Thanprasertsuk, Cheewanan Lertpiriyasuwat and Sanchai Chasombat -- Social and cultural dimensions of HIV/AIDS / Waranya Teokul -- NGOs in Asia: key partners in the fight against AIDS / Teresita Marie P. Bagasao -- Current issues in HIV vaccine development / José Esparza and Saladin Osmanov -- HIV vaccine development in South-east Asia / Jean-Louis Excler.

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