A Decade of HAART: The Development and Global Impact of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0199225850 ISBN 13: 9780199225859

Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2008

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...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)

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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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• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0199225850
• ISBN 13: 9780199225859
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 546
• Herausgeber: Zuniga José M, Whiteside Alan, Ghaziani Amin, Bartlett John G