Economics of the Global Response to Hiv/aids

Zusatztext Markus Haacker delivers a much-needed comprehensive economic and financial analysis of the HIV epidemic. It will join the must read list for anyone with serious interest in the economics of this unprecedented epidemic. Dr Haacker has traced the economic and fiscal impacts of the HIV epidemic since its outbreak. He uses cost-effectiveness analysis to provide a framework for decision-making, while cogently explaining the complexities of using such tools for a disease that is transmissible, life-long, and heterogeneously distributed among and between populations. Informationen zum Autor Markus Haacker is an economist working at the intersections of macroeconomics, global health, public finance, and economic development. He is a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health, has worked for the International Monetary Fund and as a consultant for the World Bank and UNAIDS, and holds a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics. Klappentext The book addresses the impact of HIV/AIDS across different countries, the global response to HIV/AIDS, and cost-effectiveness of HIV/AIDS-related interventions. Zusammenfassung The book addresses the impact of HIV/AIDS across different countries, the global response to HIV/AIDS, and cost-effectiveness of HIV/AIDS-related interventions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction Part I: The Global Impact of HIV/AIDS 2: Health Impacts of HIV/AIDS 3: Impact on Individuals and Households 4: Macroeconomic Consequences of HIV/AIDS Part II. The Global Response to HIV/AIDS 5: History and State of the Global Response to HIV/AIDS 6: Impact of the Global Response to HIV/AIDS Part III: Design and Financing of HIV/AIDS Policies 7: Current Policy Challenges and Economic Perspectives 8: Cost-Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Programs 9: Cost-Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Interventions 10: Optimal HIV/AIDS Spending Allocations 11: Sustainable Domestic Financing 12: Concluding Notes ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Markus Haacker, Markus (Visiting Scientist Haacker, Haacker Markus
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 16.06.2016
• EAN: 9780198718048
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871804-8
• Pages: 304
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Economie publique; HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Health economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, MEDICAL / AIDS & HIV, Development economics & emerging economies, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Development economics and emerging economies, Hiv / Aids: Social Aspects, HIV / AIDS, Medicine: HIV/AIDS, retroviral diseases