HIV and AIDS in South Asia: An Economic Development Risk
- ISBN-10
- 0821378260
- ISBN-13
- 9780821378267
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 244
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-01
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Authors
- Mariam Claeson, Markus Haacker
Description
This book offers an original perspective on AIDS as a development issue in South Asia, a region with a heterogeneous epidemic and estimated national HIV prevalence rates of up to 0.5 percent. The analysis challenges the common perception of HIV and AIDS which has been shaped to a large extent by analysis of HIV and AIDS in other regions with much higher prevalence rates. Three risks to development are associated with HIV and AIDS in South Asia: the risk of escalation of concentrated epidemics, the economic welfare costs, and the fiscal costs of scaling up treatment.
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