Global Institutions and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Responding to an International Crisis
About this ebook
The careful analysis in this volume critically reviews key issues in the global response, including:
- HIV/AIDS as a development challenge
- North-South power relationships and tensions
- international and regional partnerships between donor governments and recipient countries
- governance of global institutions and impact on the capacity of developing countries to respond effectively to the epidemic
- prevention versus treatment as options in HIV/AIDS services
- how to make the money work in support of effective AIDS financing.
Providing a comprehensive but easy to read and compact overview of history, trends and impacts of HIV/AIDS and the global efforts to respond effectively this book is essential reading for all students of international relations, health studies and international organizations.
About the author
Franklyn Lisk is Professorial Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR), University of Warwick, and was a Professor at the Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2005-2006. Prior to that he was the founding Director of the ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work in Geneva, as well as the ILO Global Coordinator for UNAIDS, 2001-2005. He is co-editor (with Sophie Harman) of Governance of HIV/AIDS: Making Participation and Accountability Count, 2009
