Preparing for the future of HIV/AIDS in Africa a shared responsibility
HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The Institute of Medicine recommends that the United States and African nations move toward a strategy of shared responsibili...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C.
National Academies Press
c2011, 2011
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| Summary: | HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The Institute of Medicine recommends that the United States and African nations move toward a strategy of shared responsibility such that these nations are empowered to take ownership of their HIV/AIDS problem and work to solve it |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 216 p. ill. (chiefly col.) 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0309160189 9780309160186 |