RethinkHIV: Smarter Ways to Invest in Ending HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 10/18/2012
EAN 9781107028692, ISBN10: 1107028698

Hardcover, 383 pages, 24.9 x 17.5 x 2.3 cm
Language: English

Thirty years after the identification of the disease that became known as AIDS, humanitarian organizations warn that the fight against HIV/AIDS has slowed, amid a funding shortfall and donor fatigue. In this book, Bjørn Lomborg brings together research by world-class specialist authors, a foreword by UNAIDS founding director Peter Piot and perspectives from Nobel Laureates and African civil society leaders to identify the most effective ways to tackle the pandemic across sub-Saharan Africa. There remains an alarming lack of high-quality data evaluating responses to HIV. We still know too little about what works, where and how to replicate our successes. This book offers the first comprehensive attempt by teams of authors to analyze HIV/AIDS policy choices using cost-benefit analysis, across six major topics. This approach provides a provocative fresh look at the best ways to scale up the fight against this killer epidemic.

Foreword Peter Piot
Introduction Bjørn Lomborg
Part I. The Research
Section 1. Sexual Transmission of HIV Jere R. Behrman and Hans-Peter Kohler
1. Alternative perspective
sexual transmission of HIV Damien de Walque
2. Alternative perspective
sexual transmission of HIV Alan Whiteside
Section 2. Prevention of Non-sexual Transmission of HIV Lori A. Bollinger
3. Alternative perspective
prevention of non-sexual transmission of HIV Rob Baltussen and Jan Hontelez
4. Alternative perspective
prevention of non-sexual transmission of HIV Mira Johri
Section 3. Treatment Mead Over and Geoffrey P. Garnett
5. Alternative perspective
treatment Robert J. Brent
6. Alternative perspective
treatment John Stover
Section 4. Strengthening Health Systems William P. McGreevey, with Carlos Avila and Mary Punchak
7. Alternative perspective
strengthening health systems Till Bärnighausen, David E. Bloom and Salal Humair
8. Alternative perspective
strengthening health systems Nicoli Nattrass
Section 5. Social Policy Interventions to Enhance the HIV/AIDS Response in Sub-Saharan Africa Anna Vassall, Michelle Remme and Charlotte Watts
9. Alternative perspective
social policy interventions to enhance the HIV/AIDS response in sub-Saharan Africa Tony Barnett
10. Alternative perspective
social policy interventions to enhance the HIV/AIDS response in sub-Saharan Africa Harounan Kazianga
Section 6. Vaccine Research and Development Robert Hecht and Dean T. Jamison, with Jared Augenstein, Gabrielle Partridge and Kira Thorien
11. Alternative perspective
vaccine research and development Steven Forsythe
12. Alternative perspective
vaccine research and development Joshua A. Salomon
Part II. Ranking the Opportunities
Section 7. Findings of the Nobel Laureate Economist Expert Panel Ernest Aryeetey, Paul Collier, Edward C. Prescott, Thomas C. Schelling and Vernon L. Smith
13. Findings from African civil society Bactrin Killingo, Nduku Kilonzo, Christiana Laniyan, Retta Menberu and Ken Odumbe
14. Conclusion Bjørn Lomborg.