HIV Prevention: A Comprehensive Approach
β Scribed by Kenneth H. Mayer, H.F. Pizer
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 676
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
HIV/AIDS continues to be the pandemic of our times. It is estimated that 36 to 45 million people including 2-3 million children already are infected worldwide and an additional 4-7 million more are infected each year.There has not been a comprehensive medically based AIDS prevention book published in the last five years. Since that time many new program interventions have been tried and much has been learned through evidence-based research. HIV Prevention will place special focus on the array of interventions that have been proven effective through rigorous study. If there is one theme that has been learned to date it is that there is no one-size-fits-all prevention approach that will work in all the geographic, demographic and socio-cultural environments impacted by the worldwide AIDS pandemic. * Discusses all aspects of AIDS prevention, from epidemiology, molecular immunology and virology to the principles of broad-based public health prevention interventions. Special focus on the array of interventions that have been proven effective through rigorous study Identifies new trends in HIV/AID epidemiology and their impact on creating and implementing prevention interventions* Incorporates virology, biology, infectious diseases, vaccinology, microbicides and research methodologies into AIDS prevention
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