Overview
"Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is a therapeutic intervention developed by clinicians and researchers in order to fight the HIV pandemic. It has contributed to a significant reduction in AIDS-related mortality and allowed many previously bed-ridden patients to live healthier, more productive lives. Until the advent of HAART in 1996, a diagnosis of HIV infection was considered a death sentence. A decade later, the disease has been transformed into a serious, yet potentially manageable, medical condition for thousands of people living with HIV/AIDS in the developed world - almost overnight creating a generation of ""HIV Survivors"" - and forged a global movement to ensure that its Lazarus-like benefit reaches millions more in the developing world. This book reviews the achievements of HAART over the past decade, and explores the challenges that may arise in the future. It recounts key landmarks in the development and introduction of HAART from the perspective of clinicians, researchers, economists, sociologists, and public policy experts, including the co-discoverers of HIV, Luc Montagnier and Robert Gallo. It explores the evolution of the disease, the evolution of HIV treatment, and the economic, social, and public policy impacts of both HIV and the introduction of HAART."
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Author: José M Zuniga (, President/CEO, International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, Chicago, USA) ,
Alan Whiteside (, Director, Health and Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa) ,
Amin Ghaziani (, Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow, Society of Fellows, Princeton University, USA) ,
John G Bartlett (, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.70cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 1.086kg
ISBN: 9780199225859
ISBN 10: 0199225850
Pages: 546
Publication Date: 28 August 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
...an excellent book...of interest both to those with an existing knowledge and interest in HIV as well as those who have come to the subject more recently...provides a unique insight into the dramatic period surrounding the introduction of HAART and thoughtful insights into likely future developments. Public Health
...an excellent book...of interest both to those with an existing knowledge and interest in HIV as well as those who have come to the subject more recently...provides a unique insight into the dramatic period surrounding the introduction of HAART and thoughtful insights into likely future developments. * Public Health *
