Topic of the Week Version 1.0: HIV/AIDS Epidemic

Saturday, October 27, 2007

HIV/AIDS Epidemic

Bristol, Nellie. "Battling HIV/AIDS." CQ Researcher 17.38 (2007): 889-912.
Should more money be spent on prevention?
Two-thirds of the world's 40 million HIV/AIDS cases are in impoverished sub-Saharan Africa, which also has 12 million children orphaned by the disease. In the United States, the toll is heaviest on African-American women. Rich countries and private donors are now spending billions to fight AIDS in developing countries. But only 2 million people in those countries receive life-prolonging antiretroviral medications, while millions more are newly infected. With an HIV vaccine years away, public health experts say a renewed focus on prevention is the best way to stem the epidemic. Prevention turns on two stubborn issues: behavior change and shifts in generations-old patterns of poverty and gender inequality. Meanwhile, President Bush wants to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) at $30 billion — double current funding levels. While the program has pumped billions into overseas AIDS programs, AIDS groups want PEPFAR broadened to cover additional health and development issues. From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Reference:
Crandall, Keith A. "Human Immunodeficiency Viruses (HIV)." Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. 21 Nov. 2001. New York: Wiley, 2001.

"Key Issue: AIDS." Facts On File World News Digest @ FACTS.com. Summary with links to key news events and overviews of controversial aspects of the topic.

Books:
Engel, Jonathan. The Epidemic : (a Global History of AIDS). New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2006. [Main Collection: RA643.8 .E54 2006]

Fan, Hung. AIDS : Science and Society. Boston : Jones and Bartlett, 2004. [Main Collection : RA643.8 .F36 2004]

Behrman, Greg. The Invisible People: How the U. S. Has Slept Through the Global AIDS Pandemic, the Greatest Humanitarian Catastrophe of Our Time. New York : Free Press, 2004. [Main Collection: RA643.83 .B44 2004]

AIDS : Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego : Greenhaven, 2003. [Main Collection: RA643.8 .A42 2003]

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