RethinkHIV : smarter ways to invest in ending HIV in sub-Saharan Africa / edited by Bjørn Lomborg.

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"Thirty years after the identification of the disease that became known as AIDS, humanitarian organizations warn that the fight against HIV/AIDS has slowed, amid a funding shortfall and donor fatigue. In this book, Bjørn Lomborg brings together research by world-class specialist authors, a foreword...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lomborg, Bjørn, 1965-
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
RethinkHIV (Project)
AIDS (Disease) > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Prevention.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > prevention & control.
HIV Infections > prevention & control.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > economics.
Cost-Benefit Analysis.
HIV Infections > economics.
Africa South of the Sahara.
Physical Description:xxi, 363 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Variant Title:
Rethink HIV.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Foreword / Peter Piot
  • Introduction / Bjørn Lomborg
  • Part I. The Research
  • Prevention of sexual transmission / Jere R. Behrman and Hans-Peter Kohler
  • Alternative perspective : prevention of sexual transmission / Damien de Walque
  • Alternative perspective : prevention of sexual transmission / Alan Whiteside
  • Prevention of non-sexual transmission / Lori A. Bollinger
  • Alternative perspective : prevention of non-sexual transmission / Rob Baltussen and Jan Hontelez
  • Alternative perspective : prevention of non-sexual transmission / Mira Johri
  • Treatment / Mead Over and Geoffrey P. Garnett
  • Alternative perspective : treatment / Robert J. Brent
  • Alternative perspective : treatment /John Stover
  • Strengthening health systems / William P. McGreevey, with Carlos Avila and Mary Punchak
  • Alternative perspective : strengthening health systems / Till Bärnighausen, David E. Bloom, and Salal Humair
  • Alternative perspective : strengthening health systems / Nicoli Nattrass
  • Social policy / Anna Vassall, Michelle Remme, and Charlotte Watts
  • Alternative perspective : social policy / Tony Barnett
  • Alternative perspective : social policy / Harounan Kazianga
  • Vaccine research and development / Dean Jamison and Robert Hecht, with Jared Augenstein, Gabrielle Partridge and Kira Thorien
  • Alternative perspective : vaccine research and development / Steven S. Forsythe
  • Alternative perspective : vaccine research and development / Joshua Salomon
  • Part II. Ranking the Opportunities
  • Findings of the Nobel Laureate economist expert panel / Ernest Aryeetey ... [et al.]
  • Findings from African civil society / Bactrin Killingo ... [et al.].
  • Conclusion / Bjørn Lomborg.