AIDS in Asia : a continent in peril

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Author:

Hunter, Susan S.

ISBN:

9781403967749

Personal Author:

Hunter, Susan S.

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Physical Description:

xii, 288 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Asian peril, global peril -- Ch. 2. AIDS in Asia : the looming mushroom clouds of infection -- Ch. 3. The origin of Asia's states of AIDS : empire and overthrow -- Ch. 4. Chaining the elephant : the impact of colonialism -- Ch. 5. Asia and the world drug industry -- Ch. 6. Gender, religion, and economics in the East -- Ch. 7. Fulfilling heaven's mandate : the impact of AIDS on children -- Ch. 8. As Asia goes, ...

Abstract:

"The spread of AIDS in Asia is accelerating so quickly that it will soon overtake growth of the disease in Africa. Over the next two decades, the containment of Asia's epidemics will be crucial to global stability because the region is home to 60 percent of the world's population. At the crucial moment - the tipping point - when the spread of AIDS in this region is beginning to gain worldwide recognition, Susan Hunter makes clear the catastrophic threat AIDS poses to Asia and the world, and draws on her experience in other countries to map out steps that must be taken to contain it."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

AIDS (Disease) -- Asia.

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The spread of AIDS in Asia is accelerating so quickly it will soon overtake growth of the disease in Africa. Over the next two decades, so containment of Asia's epidemics will be decisive to global stability because the region is home to 60 per cent of the world's population. AIDS in Asia is marked by four significant facts: the enormous populations involved; Asia's deliberate denial and inattention by its leader's; Asia's role in the sex trade and drug production; and large economic differences between states that lead to exploitation of the poorest countries in the region (Laos, Burma and Nepal) and stimulate continuous migration of the poor. At the crucial moment when the spread of AIDS in this region is beginning to gain worldwide recognition, distinguished expert Susan Hunter makes clear the catastrophic threat AIDS poses to Asia and the world, and draws on her experience of the pandemic in other regions to map out steps that must be taken in order for it to be contained.