Three Decades of HIV/AIDS in Asia

Edited by:

Jai P. Narain - National Centre for Disease Control, New Delhi, India

SAGE India

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Contents

Message From The Regional Director, WHO/SEARO

Preface

Three Decades of HIV/AIDS in Asia: Achievements, Lessons Learnt and Opportunities Ahead

Jai P Narain, Iyanthi Abeyewickreme, Razia Pendse and Sangay Thinley

Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics of the HIV Epidemic in Asia

Renu Garg, Dongbao Yu and Jai P Narain

Natural History of HIV Infection

Rajesh Bhatia

Emerging Issues in HIV and TB Prevention: Role of Antiretrovirals for Prevention

Ying-Ru Lo, Suwat Chariyalertsak, Reuben Granich, Amitabh Suthar, Rachel Baggaley and Jai P Narain

National Response to HIV/AIDS in Cambodia: A Health Sector Perspective HIV/AIDS in China: The

Mean Chhi Vun, Masami Fujita, Seng Sopheap, Magdalena DiChiara, Ouk Vichea and Ly Penh Sun

Response and Challenges

Xu Peng, Gang Zeng, Liu Kang-mai and Lu Fan

HIV/AIDS IN INDIA: The Epidemic and National Response

Mohammed Shaukat, D C S Reddy, Partha Haldar and Rajesh Kumar

The Rising Epidemic of HIV in Pakistan: Challenges to a Comprehensive Response

Faran Emmanuel, Naeem Akhtar and James F Blanchard

Evolving Responses to HIV/AIDS in Thailand: Lessons Learned

Supachai Rerks-Ngarm, Sombat Thanprasertsuk and Prayura Kunasol

HIV in Viet Nam

Fabio Mesquita, David Jacka, Keith Sabin, Masaya Kato, Nguyen Thi Minh Thu, Van T T Nguyen and Nguyen Thien Nga

Maintaining Low Levels of HIV for Three Decades: Case Studies from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Tasnim Azim and Lilani Rajapaksa

Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Infections in South-East Asia and Public Health Approach to Prevention and Control

Chandrika Wickramasuriya, Iyanthi Abeyewickreme, Antonio Gerbase and Igor Toskin

Interventions with Sex Workers: From The 100% Condom-Use Programme to Community Empowerment

Wiwat Rojanapithayakorn, Smarajit Jana and Richard Steen

The HIV Epidemic among People Who Inject Drugs in Asia: Progress and Unresolved Issues

Mukta Sharma and Anindya Chatterjee

The Epidemic of HIV Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Populations in India

Natasha Dawa, Ashok Row Kavi and Po-Lin Chan

Averting HIV Transmission Through Safe Blood in The South-East Asia Region of Who

Rajesh Bhatia and Sangay Thinley

Eliminating Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission in Thailand

Tanarak Plipat and Sombat Thanprasertsuk

Clinical Management of HIV/AIDS: Current Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment

Bharat Bhushan Rewari and Po-Lin Chan

HIV drug resistance in Asia: an emerging problem?

Devidas Navneet Chaturbhuj, Srikanth Prasad Tripathy, Ramesh S Paranjape and Jai P Narain

Priority Areas For HIV/AIDS Operational Research in Asia

Padmini Srikantiah

Enhancing Access to Antiretroviral Drugs in Developing Countries

Ranjit Roy Chaudhury and Swati Y Bhave

HIV Vaccine Development in Asia

Jean-Louis Excler, Punnee Pitisuttithum, Vadakkuppatu Devasenapathi Ramanathan and Linqi Zhang

Implications and Feasibility of Commercial Health Insurance for People Living With HIV in India

Indrani Gupta, Mayur Trivedi, Shalini Rudra, William Joe, Benoy Peter and Ravi Subbiah

Index

Independent Customer Reviews

Written by the eminent experts… This is a must read book for all those who are interested in HIV infection in Asia.

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Three Decades of HIV & Aids in Asia is one of the most comprehensive and intelligent treatises on the disease in the region. It is filled with facts... [and] is a compilation of reports that trace the history of and current practices in managing the disease in countries across Asia and highlights the pitfalls and successes of various preventive strategies….a must-read.

Dawn

Contributors:

Jai P. Narain

Jai P Narain is Coordinator/Regional Adviser on HIV/AIDS and TB programmes at WHO’s Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO), New Delhi. He has an MBBS and an MD from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, and a master’s in public health and in epidemiology from Harvard University, Boston. Associated with HIV/AIDS and TB prevention and control programmes since 1988, he has held positions at PAHO/AMRO Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (1988–90) and WHO, Geneva (1990–91). He has been with SEARO since 1991 where he has also served as Team Leader, Global Programme on AIDS (1991–95). Dr. Narain has also worked at prestigious institutions like the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, AIIMS, the Indian Council of Medical Research and Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta. He has published extensively and has edited/authored several books on various aspects of communicable diseases, mainly HIV/AIDS and TB.