Title: HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa :
Authors: Jenkins, Carol Lynn.; Robalino, David A.; World Bank.; World Health Organization.; Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
Date: 2003
Publisher: World Bank,
Physical description: xxii, 173 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: R
Abstract: Recent evidence suggests that the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is increasing in the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Mediterranean (MENA/EM) region, and that the total number of AIDS-related deaths has risen almost sixfold since the early 1990s. Although this figure is low compared with those for Africa, South Asia, and the Caribbean, low prevalence does not equal low risk. The situation can change rapidly, and even conservative estimates indicate that AIDS poses a real threat to the regionʹs long-term growth. This book reviews the current knowledge available on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the MENA/EM region with the goal of stimulating discussion among policy- and decisionmakers. In other regions, early investments in good surveillance and effective prevention programs have proved to be relative bargains, compared with the costs of a full-blown epidemic. As the authors argue, the time to act is now, while prevalence levels are still low. To that end, they make specific recommendations and offer best practices and case studies from around the world. -- Back cover.
Contents: Global Experience with HIV/AIDS -- Review of the HIV/AIDS Situation in the MENA/EM Region -- A Typology of Risk Factors -- Assessing the Potential Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS in the MENA/EM Region -- Responses to HIV/AIDS -- A Way Forward.
Notes: "This volume is the product of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the World Health Organization (Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office), and the World Bank"--P. [4] of cover.
Subject headings (LCSH): AIDS (Disease)--Africa, North.; AIDS (Disease)--Middle East.; HIV infections--Africa, North.; HIV infections--Middle East.