HIV/AIDS in Europe: Moving from Death Sentence to Chronic Disease Management

HIV/AIDS in Europe: Moving from Death Sentence to Chronic Disease Management
ISBN-10
9289022841
ISBN-13
9789289022842
Category
Medical
Pages
290
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
WHO Regional Office Europe
Author
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe

Description

Tells the story of HIV/AIDS in Europe from a broad variety of perspectives: bio-medical, social, cultural, economic and political. The authors are leading experts from across the region and include both the infected and the affected, be they doctors or former drug users, United Nations employees or gay men, public health researchers or community activits. They describe how, from the first documented cases in 1981 to the present era of antiretroviral management, controlling the human inmmunodeficiency virus in Europe has provided elusive.

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