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Introduction to special issue: Meeting the challenges of HIV/AIDS in Southeast and East Asia.
- Source :
- Asia Pacific Viewpoint; Apr2005, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p1-5, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Out of a total of 38 million people living with HIV/AIDS globally today, the Asia-Pacific is home to about 7.4 million– a figure which constitutes a sharp rise to previous years. In absolute numbers, infections in Asia are projected to exceed African figures within a decade. This has largely to do with economic changes towards market-based capitalism, widening socioeconomic disparities and increased levels of mobility (internal and cross-border), as for instance in China and Indonesia. Overall, the epidemic in Asia has been described as more complex than in Africa involving a multiplicity of transmission modes. The case studies presented in the contributions to this special issue discuss the connections between issues of mobility, gender, (trans)nationalism and sexuality in understanding the HIV/AIDS challenge in the region. The various ways in meeting the challenges of HIV/AIDS in Southeast and East Asia are analysed, whereby non-governmental and community-based responses often emerge as more effective than state interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13607456
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Asia Pacific Viewpoint
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16626526
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8373.2005.00261.x