Economics and HIV
Author | : Deborah Johnston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 1138904880 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781138904880 |
Rating | : 4/5 (880 Downloads) |
Download or read book Economics and HIV written by Deborah Johnston and published by . This book was released on 2015-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains how, and why, economics has been applied to a terrible pandemic, using a range of examples mostly drawn from the region most affected, sub-Saharan Africa. Part I shows that microeconomic approaches have found fertile ground in a public health approach that ' blames' individual choices for HIV transmission. Despite their attractiveness, however, these approaches fail to explain contemporary patterns of HIV prevalence, illustrating the importance of factors that are excluded from the standard micro-economic approach.