HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa The Costs of Inaction

• Main Authors: Jenkins, Carol, Robalino, David A
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington World Bank Publications 2003; The World Bank; Washington, DC: World Bank
• Edition: 1
• Series: Orientations in Development
• Subjects: ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT PREVALENCE; ADULT PREVALENCE RATE; AFFECTED COMMUNITIES; Africa, North; AIDS; AIDS (Disease); AIDS PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL SURVEILLANCE; BLOOD DONORS; CAPITAL INVESTMENTS; COLLABORATION; COMMUNITIES ACCESS TO CONDOMS; CONDOM PROMOTION; CONDOM USE; CONDOMS; CRIME; DONORS; DRUG INJECTORS; DRUG USE; DRUG USERS; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUGS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMICS; EFFECTIVE PREVENTION; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPENDITURES; GDP GROWTH RATE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS; Health economics; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKERS; HIGH-RISK; HIGH-RISK GROUPS; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV PREVENTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNODEFICIENCY; INCOME; INFORMATION ACCESS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INJECTING DRUG USERS; INSURANCE; INTERVENTION; INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS; LABOR FORCE; LEARNING; LIFE SKILLS; LOW PREVALENCE; MALARIA; MANAGERS; MEDIA; METHADONE; Middle East; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; MOTHER-TO-CHILD; MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION; MOTHERS; NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL; NATIONAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW INFECTIONS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; North Africa; NUMBER OF AIDS DEATHS; PANDEMIC; PATIENTS; POVERTY REDUCTION; Prevention; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEES; RELIGIOUS LEADERS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK BEHAVIORS; RISK FACTORS; RISK GROUPS; SAFE NEEDLES; SCIENTISTS; SCREENING; SEX; SEX WITH MEN; SEX WORK; SEX WORKER; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; Sexual health; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS; SOCIAL WORKERS; STDS; STIS; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; TECHNICAL NEEDS; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNAIDS; UNEMPLOYMENT; USE OF CONDOMS; VOLUNTARY COUNSELING; VULNERABLE GROUPS; WASTE; WORKPLACE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG PEOPLE; YOUTH; MACROECONOMIC CONTEXT; CONDOM PROMOTION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; PATIENTS; IMPACT ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INSURANCE VALUES; CONDOMS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; SEX WORKERS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; DRUG USERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RISK GROUPS; MIGRANTS; PATIENT; HIV VIRUSES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMICS
• ISBN: 0821355783; 9780821355787
• DOI: 10.1596/0-8213-5578-3

Recent evidence suggests that the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is increasing in the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Mediterranean (MENA/EM) region, and that the total number of AIDS-related deaths has risen almost sixfold since the early 1990s. Although this figure is low compared with those for Africa, South Asia, and the Caribbean, low prevalence does not equal low risk. The situation can change rapidly, and even conservative estimates indicate that AIDS poses a real threat to the region’s long-term growth.This book reviews the current knowledge available on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the MENA/EM region with the goal of stimulating discussion among policy- and decisionmakers. In other regions, early investments in good surveillance and effective prevention programs have proved to be relative bargains, compared with the costs of a full-blown epidemic. As the authors argue, the time to act is now, while prevalence levels are still low. To that end, they make specific recommendations and offer best practices and case studies from around the world.This volume is the product of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the World Health Organization (Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office), and the World Bank. It will be of particular interest to those in the fields of public health, social policy, and economic development, as well as to students and scholars of the region.