SUBJECT INDEX:

MEDICAL:

AIDS in Nigeria: Edited by Olusoji Adeyi; Edited by Phyllis J. Kanki; Edited by Oluwole Odutolu; Edited by John A. Idoko; Written by dozens of Nigeria's leading HIV experts, this book explores the dynamics of the country's epidemic, analyzes prevention efforts, identifies crucial gaps, and formulates effective strategies for controlling the epidemic. Complementing the experts' words are the dramatic portraits of people whose lives have been forever transformed by AIDS. Their stories reveal the human costs of the epidemic--and the courage required to overcome it.; Paperback 2006

AIDS in the World 1992: Edited by Jonathan Mann; Edited by Daniel Tarantola; Edited by Thomas Netter; Paperback 1992 / Hardcover 1992

Health Dimensions of Sex and Reproduction: Edited by Christopher J. L. Murray; Edited by Alan D. Lopez; From the health risks of sexual activity to those of pregnancy, abortion, and childbirth, reproduction constitutes enormous risks to a woman's health-accounting for 25 percent of the global disease burden in adult women, twenty-five percent in infants and one percent in adult men. This volume offers comprehensive data and detailed discussions of the epidemiologies of three sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and five specific maternal conditions, as well as those of congenital anomalies and perinatal conditions.; Hardcover 1998

Human Resources for Health: Appendix by Joint Learning Initiative; In this analysis of the global workforce, the Joint Learning Initiative, a consortium of more than 100 health leaders, proposes that mobilization and strengthening of human resources for health, neglected yet critical, is central to combating health crises in some of the world's poorest countries and for building sustainable health systems everywhere. Ultimately, the crisis in human resources is a shared problem requiring shared responsibility for cooperative action.; Paperback 2005

A Line Drawn in the Sand: Phyllis J. Kanki; Richard G. Marlink; A Line Drawn in the Sand captures the determination of several African nations, including Botswana, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tanzania, in providing lifesaving antiretroviral therapies to their citizens. By emphasizing the dramatic results that investments in AIDS treatments in Africa can bring, the book provides lessons to nations about scaling up their own treatment responses, hope to individuals and communities confronted with the often devastating impact of AIDS, and inspiration to the international HIV/AIDS community.; Paperback 2009