Bøker utgitt av Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies

Many people in developing countries lack access to health technologies. Why does this problem persist? What can be done to improve access, especially for the poor in poor countries? Frost offers a comprehensive analytical framework for access and examines six case studies to explain why some health technologies achieved more access than others.

Kanki captures the determination of some African nations-including Botswana, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tanzania-to provide lifesaving antiretroviral therapies to their citizens. By emphasizing the dramatic results investments in AIDS treatments in Africa can bring, the book provides lessons to nations about scaling up their own treatment responses.

Written by many of Nigeria's leading HIV experts, this book explores the dynamics of the country's epidemic, analyzes prevention efforts, identifies crucial gaps, and formulates effective strategies for controlling the epidemic. Complementing the experts' words are the dramatic portraits of people whose lives have been forever transformed by AIDS.