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Preparing for the future of HIV/AIDS in Africa : a shared responsibility / Committee on Envisioning a Strategy to Prepare for the Long-Term Burden of HIV/AIDS: African Needs and U.S. Interests, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies ; [editor, Rona Briere]. - Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2011. - xi, 216 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- The future impact of current decisions -- The burden of HIV/AIDS: implications for U.S. interests -- The burden of HIV/AIDS: implications for African states and societies -- Strategies to build capacity for prevention, treatment, and care of HIV/AIDS in Africa -- Strategies to ensure ethical decision-making capacity for HIV/AIDS: policy and programming in Africa.

HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The Institute of Medicine recommends that the United States and African nations move toward a strategy of shared responsibility such that these nations are empowered to take ownership of their HIV/AIDS problem and work to solve it.



UNEDITED/Tomas/2011/Aug

ISBN: 9780309160186 0309160189

Subjects--Topical Terms:
HIV Infections--economics
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--economics
HIV infections--therapy
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--therapy
Health Policy
International Cooperation

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa
United States

LC Class. No.: RA643.86.A35 / I57 2011

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WC 503 2011IN