Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
(1997)
AIDS
Reference Manual,
16a Clapham
Common Southside, London, SW4 7AB: NAM
Publications. This is published annually in an
updated form.
An excellent general survey of the global situation in
relation to many aspects of HIV/AIDS, from bio-
medical through clinical to public health, social and
economic and legal aspects, is contained in Mann, J.
and Tarantola, D. (eds) (1996)
AIDS in the World II:
Global Dimensions, Social Roots and Responses,
New
York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. This is
updated and renumbered every two years or so.
The World Bank has been concerned about the
social and economic implications of HIV/AIDS
for many years and has now published a wide-
ranging review of the health economic, health
system and public policy issues in World Bank
(1997 and 1998)
Confronting AIDS: Public Priorities
in a Global Epidemic,
New York and Oxford:
Oxford University Press for theWorld Bank.
A useful source of up-to-date information about
the state of the epidemic globally and in particular
regions and countries is the Internet site of
UNAIDS.
The URL is http://www.unaids.org/
In addition, the
United States Bureau of the Census
is
also a source of information on rates of infection and
illness in countries other than the USA. The address
of its Internet site is http://www.census.gov/
People seeking advanced information about the
epidemiology of human infectious diseases, and the
modelling of that epidemiology, are referred to
Anderson, R. and May, R. (1991)
Infectious Diseases
of Humans: Dynamics and Control,
Oxford: Oxford
University Press. Particular discussion relevant to
HIV and AIDS may be found between pages 236
and 303, as well as elsewhere in the topic.
Early but still useful discussion of the macro-
economic impact of HIV/AIDS is to be found in
Over, M. (1992) The Macro-economic Impact of
AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa,
Technical Working
Paper No. 3
, Washington: World Bank, Population,
Health and Nutrition Division, Africa Technical
Department.
An early case study of the impact of HIV/AIDS on
communities in Africa is to be found in Barnett, T.
and Blaikie, P. (1992 and 1994)
AIDS in Africa: Its
Present and Future Impact,
Chichester:Wiley.
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The Social and Economic
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Kyiv: British Council
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Blacker, J. and Zaba, B. (1997) HIV prevalence and lifetime
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HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: exploring the
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Health Transition Review
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Khodakevich, L. (1997) Development of HIV epidemics
in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine and response to the
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McNeill, W.H. (1977)
Plagues and People,
Oxford: Basil
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Stanecki, K.A. and Way, P.O. (1997) The demographic
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IPC Staff Paper No. 88,
International Programs Center, Population Division,
US Bureau of the Census,Washington, DC.
