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9. Big issues and major challenges
Alan Whiteside
in HIV & AIDS: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Unless something dramatic happens, the AIDS epidemic will be under control across the world by 2022. The number of new infections will continue to fall; there will be virtually no vertical ...
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2. Current challenges
Virginia Berridge
in Public Health: A Very Short Introduction
What is the overall context within which public health is operating? What has been happening to the health of the public? ‘Current challenges’ considers the many challenges facing public ...
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6. Development, numbers, and politics
Alan Whiteside
in HIV & AIDS: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Development, numbers, and politics’ first considers the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the United Nations in 2000 and explains how achieving some of them was difficult due to ...
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1. The emergence and state of the HIV and AIDS epidemic
Alan Whiteside
in HIV & AIDS: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘The emergence and state of the HIV and AIDS epidemic’ outlines the emergence of HIV/AIDS, charting the current state of the disease globally. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is ...
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8. Funding the epidemic
Alan Whiteside
in HIV & AIDS: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
The response to HIV and AIDS has to be funded, whether the emphasis is on prevention, treatment, or both. AIDS is unique in part because of its complex financing. It requires long-term ...
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2. How HIV and AIDS work and scientific responses
Alan Whiteside
in HIV & AIDS: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘How HIV and AIDS work and scientific responses’ explains how HIV operates and is transmitted, and how science has progressed in the discovery and delivery of practical treatments and ...
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4. Illness, death, and the demographic impact
Alan Whiteside
in HIV & AIDS: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Illness, death, and the demographic impact’ outlines how the effects of AIDS can be measured through demographic indicators. Demographic consequences of AIDS may include: increased deaths ...
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3. The origins of public health into the 1700s
Virginia Berridge
in Public Health: A Very Short Introduction
Public health cannot be understood without a knowledge of its history. ‘The origins of public health into the 1700s’ considers the earliest roots of public health, 4,000 years ago in ...
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7. Present and future in the light of history
Virginia Berridge
in Public Health: A Very Short Introduction
‘Present and future in the light of history’ outlines some possibilities for future public health and discusses some emergent as well as long-standing issues. A 2015 enquiry showed that ...
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5. Production and people
Alan Whiteside
in HIV & AIDS: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Production and people’ examines the socioeconomic impact of AIDS, predicted to decrease economic growth. Yet many countries have nonetheless continued to grow. The effect on the private ...
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5. The rise of lifestyle: 1900–1980s
Virginia Berridge
in Public Health: A Very Short Introduction
Public health underwent further redefinition during the 20th century. The focus on mothers and babies heightened during World War I, and after the war a ‘public health empire’ developed in ...
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4. Sanitation to education: 1800–1900s
Virginia Berridge
in Public Health: A Very Short Introduction
A key period for public health came with the rise of the ‘modern state’ in the 19th century. Rapid economic growth and mass urbanization coincided with high mortality from infectious ...
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7. Treatment and prevention dilemmas
Alan Whiteside
in HIV & AIDS: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
AIDS is still a major threat. ‘Treatment and prevention dilemmas’ shows that prevention and public health programmes are the most cost-effective way to health. HIV infection is preventable ...
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6. Tropical and international public health
Virginia Berridge
in Public Health: A Very Short Introduction
‘Tropical and international public health’ considers the establishment of tropical public health tied to colonial concerns before World War I; the influence of missionary medicine; and ...
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1. What is public health?
Virginia Berridge
in Public Health: A Very Short Introduction
‘What is public health?’ explains that public health is a very broad concept with changing or varying definitions over time and in different countries. In its narrowest sense, it refers to ...
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3. What shapes epidemics?
Alan Whiteside
in HIV & AIDS: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘What shapes epidemics’ investigates links between HIV/AIDS and certain biological, socioeconomic, and behavioural factors. The main biomedical drivers of HIV/AIDS (after contact with the ...
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