The Politics Of Hiv Aids In Russia

Author : Ulla Pape
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134596492

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The Politics of HIV/AIDS in Russia by Ulla Pape Pdf

This book studies the role of civil society organisations in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Russia. It looks at how Russia’s HIV/AIDS epidemic has developed into a serious social, economic and political problem, and how according to the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Russia is currently facing the biggest HIV/AIDS epidemic in all of Europe with an estimated number of 980,000 people living with HIV in 2009. The book investigates civil society organisations’ contribution to social change and civil society development in post-Soviet Russia, and thus situates a specific type of civil society actors into a broader socio-political context and questions their ability to represent civic interests, particularly in the field of social policy-making and health. This allows for a better understanding of the dynamics of state-society relations in present-day Russia, and gives insight into the ways HIV/AIDS NGOs in Russia have used transnational ties in order to exert influence on domestic policy-making in the field of HIV/AIDS.

Author : Ulla Dorothea Pape
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : AIDS. / gtt
ISBN : 9036753619

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Civil Society and the Politics of HIV, AIDS in Russia by Ulla Dorothea Pape Pdf

Author : J. Twigg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230603400

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HIV/AIDS in Russia and Eurasia, Volume II by J. Twigg Pdf

Russia and a few other Eurasian countries have been home to the fastest growing epidemics of HIV in the world over the last several years. This volume offers country-specific accounts, authored by the leading players in the analysis of the situation and the fight against the virus.

Author : J. Twigg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230603394

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HIV/AIDS in Russia and Eurasia by J. Twigg Pdf

Russia and a few other Eurasian countries have been home to the fastest growing epidemics of HIV in the world over the last several years. This volume offers country-specific accounts, authored by the leading players in the analysis of the situation and the fight against the virus.

Author : Scott L. Greer,Matthias Wismar,Gabriele Pastorino
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789289050432

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Civil Society and Health by Scott L. Greer,Matthias Wismar,Gabriele Pastorino Pdf

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) can make a vital contribution to public health and health systems but harnessing their potential is complex in a Europe where government-CSO relations vary so profoundly. This study is intended to outline some of the challenges and assist policy-makers in furthering their understanding of the part CSOs can play in tandem and alongside government. To this end it analyses existing evidence and draws on a set of seven thematic chapters and six mini case studies. They examine experiences from Austria Bosnia-Herzegovina Belgium Cyprus Finland Germany Malta the Netherlands Poland the Russian Federation Slovenia Turkey and the European Union and make use of a single assessment framework to understand the diverse contexts in which CSOs operate. The evidence shows that CSOs are ubiquitous varied and beneficial and the topics covered in this study reflect such diversity of aims and means: anti-tobacco advocacy food banks refugee health HIV/AIDS prevention and cure and social partnership. CSOs make a substantial contribution to public health and health systems with regards to policy development service delivery and governance. This includes evidence provision advocacy mobilization consensus building provision of medical services and of services related to the social determinants of health standard setting self-regulation and fostering social partnership. However in order to engage successfully with CSOs governments do need to make use of adequate tools and create contexts conducive to collaboration. To guide policy-makers working with CSOs through such complications and help avoid some potential pitfalls the book outlines a practical framework for such collaboration. This suggests identifying key CSOs in a given area; clarifying why there should be engagement with civil society; being realistic as to what CSOs can or will achieve; and an understanding of how CSOs can be helped to deliver.

Author : Christopher Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Medical
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018451133

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AIDS in Post-communist Russia and Its Successor States by Christopher Williams Pdf

AIDS in Post-Communist Russia and its Successor States is the first book to examine how effective the former Soviet Union has been in coping with AIDS and HIV-infection in the last decade. Drawing upon Russian language material, this book analyses a range of critical issues, such as the extent of HIV and AIDS mortality and morbidity by nation state, the role of the health sector, AIDS and health/sex education, the impact of the mass media, different government responses, the role of non-governmental agencies, the law and human rights and the need to eradicate discrimination against so-called "risk-groups".

Author : Ulla Pape
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134596560

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The Politics of HIV/AIDS in Russia by Ulla Pape Pdf

This book studies the role of civil society organisations in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Russia. It looks at how Russia’s HIV/AIDS epidemic has developed into a serious social, economic and political problem, and how according to the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Russia is currently facing the biggest HIV/AIDS epidemic in all of Europe with an estimated number of 980,000 people living with HIV in 2009. The book investigates civil society organisations’ contribution to social change and civil society development in post-Soviet Russia, and thus situates a specific type of civil society actors into a broader socio-political context and questions their ability to represent civic interests, particularly in the field of social policy-making and health. This allows for a better understanding of the dynamics of state-society relations in present-day Russia, and gives insight into the ways HIV/AIDS NGOs in Russia have used transnational ties in order to exert influence on domestic policy-making in the field of HIV/AIDS.

Author : J. Twigg
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1403976287

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HIV/AIDS in Russia and Eurasia, Volume II by J. Twigg Pdf

Russia and a few other Eurasian countries have been home to the fastest growing epidemics of HIV in the world over the last several years. This volume offers country-specific accounts, authored by the leading players in the analysis of the situation and the fight against the virus.

Author : Darren Headley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Medical
ISBN : CHI:49730649

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HIV & AIDS in Russia by Darren Headley Pdf

Author : Jarrett Zigon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520948327

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HIV is God's Blessing by Jarrett Zigon Pdf

This provocative study examines the role of today’s Russian Orthodox Church in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Russia has one of the fastest-growing rates of HIV infection in the world—80 percent from intravenous drug use—and the Church remains its only resource for fighting these diseases. Jarrett Zigon takes the reader into a Church-run treatment center where, along with self-transformational and religious approaches, he explores broader anthropological questions—of morality, ethics, what constitutes a "normal" life, and who defines it as such. Zigon argues that this rare Russian partnership between sacred and political power carries unintended consequences: even as the Church condemns the influence of globalization as the root of the problem it seeks to combat, its programs are cultivating citizen-subjects ready for self-governance and responsibility, and better attuned to a world the Church ultimately opposes.

Author : Eduardo J. Gómez
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781421423616

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Geopolitics in Health by Eduardo J. Gómez Pdf

In Geopolitics in Health, Eduardo J. Gómez takes a critical look at how the emerging BRICS economies dealt with the obesity, AIDS, and tuberculosis epidemics. Despite the countries having similar international political and economic ambitions, Gómez finds that domestic policy responses were driven mainly by international, as opposed to domestic, pressures and interests. Using a theoretical framework called geopolitical positioning, Gómez explores how nations respond to international pressures and policy criticisms, as well as offers of financial and technical assistance; countries then utilize domestic policy innovations and ultimately engage in global health diplomacy in order to bolster their international reputation. --Publisher description.

Author : Peter Piot
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780231538770

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AIDS Between Science and Politics by Peter Piot Pdf

Peter Piot, founding executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), recounts his experience as a clinician, scientist, and activist fighting the disease from its earliest manifestation to today. The AIDS pandemic was not only catastrophic to the health of millions worldwide but also fractured international relations, global access to new technologies, and public health policies in nations across the globe. As he struggled to get ahead of the disease, Piot found science does little good when it operates independently of politics and economics, and politics is worthless if it rejects scientific evidence and respect for human rights. Piot describes how the epidemic altered global attitudes toward sexuality, the character of the doctor-patient relationship, the influence of civil society in international relations, and traditional partisan divides. AIDS thrust health into national and international politics where, he argues, it rightly belongs. The global reaction to AIDS over the past decade is the positive result of this partnership, showing what can be achieved when science, politics, and policy converge on the ground. Yet it remains a fragile achievement, and Piot warns against complacency and the consequences of reduced investments. He refuses to accept a world in which high levels of HIV infection are the norm. Instead, he explains how to continue to reduce the incidence of the disease to minute levels through both prevention and treatment, until a vaccine is discovered.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Committee on Envisioning a Strategy to Prepare for the Long-Term Burden of HIV/AIDS: African Needs and U.S. Interests
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309212076

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Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS in Africa by Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Committee on Envisioning a Strategy to Prepare for the Long-Term Burden of HIV/AIDS: African Needs and U.S. Interests Pdf

HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The Institute of Medicine recommends that the United States and African nations move toward a strategy of shared responsibility such that these nations are empowered to take ownership of their HIV/AIDS problem and work to solve it.

Author : Raymond A. Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1246 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780313399466

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Global HIV/AIDS Politics, Policy, and Activism by Raymond A. Smith Pdf

An international team of specialists in politics, policy, and activism provide an indispensable guide to the persistent challenges and emerging issues posed by the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, now in its fourth decade. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is at a critical turning point. Compelling new findings herald the potential to eventually grind the epidemic to a halt through a combination of expanded treatment coverage and new biomedical approaches to prevention. At the same time, the severe global economic downturns have negatively affected wealthy donor nations that have provided the funds and technical support for programs in the developing world. It is against this backdrop that this landmark three-volume set was developed. It provides a broad overview of the critical political issues surrounding HIV/AIDS, inspects key areas of policy and policymaking, and spotlights the most important forms of activism and community mobilization. The volumes reflect an eclectic and wide-ranging set of issues written by an international team comprising dozens of authors from nations including the United States, the United Kingdom, Ghana, South Africa, Brazil, Cambodia, Norway, and Qatar. The international contributors represent a variety of disciplines and bring with them a range of styles and methodological approaches appropriate to their specific topics and disciplines. An important addition to academic and public libraries, this expansive work will benefit students and other readers interested in politics, policymaking, public health, activism, and community mobilization, both in the United States and globally.

Author : Benjamin Coriat
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781848444898

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The Political Economy of HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries by Benjamin Coriat Pdf

The issue of universal and free access to treatment is now a fundamental goal of the international community. Based on original data and field studies from Brazil, Thailand, India and Sub-Saharan Africa under the aegis of ANRS (the French nationalagency for research on Aids and viral hepatitis, this timely and significant book both assesses the progress made in achieving this objective and presents a rigorous diagnosis of the obstacles that remain. Placing particular emphasis on the constraints imposed by TRIPS as well as the poor state of most public health systems in Southern countries, the contributing authors provide a comprehensive analysis of the huge barriers that have yet to be overcome in order to attain free access to care and offer innovative suggestions of how they might be confronted. In doing this, the book renews our understanding of the political economy of HIV/AIDS in these vast regions, where the disease continues to spread with devastating social and economic consequences. This volume will be a valuable addition to the current literature on HIV/AIDS in developing countries and will find widespread appeal amongst students and academics studying economics, sociology and public health. It will also be of interest to international organizations and professional associations involved in the fight against pandemics.