 
Health Systems for HIV/AIDS and Other DiseasesFrom the Editors | Focus | Commentary | Reports | Resources | Masthead(Download Adobe Acrobat version | zipped ASCII version) An Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State December 2001 Volume 6, Number 3 
"Diseases such as AIDS destroy countless lives and undermine the success of many nations. Prosperous nations must work in partnership with developing nations to help remove the cloud of disease from our world's future."
President George W. Bush, October 20, 2001
From the EditorsOn World AIDS Day, December 1, 2001, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS reported "AIDS has become the most devastating disease humankind has ever faced" with 40 million people now infected. As recognition of the magnitude of the problem has grown in recent years, consensus has emerged that building effective partnerships is absolutely fundamental if societies are to save lives and ease the suffering of persons with HIV/AIDS or other life-threatening maladies such as malaria and tuberculosis. Partnerships bring together civic, medical, and government resources to shape an overall response to disease, addressing prevention, treatment, and care. The partnership process and the development of health care systems that grow from it result in priorities for the allocation and application of scarce health care resources. The specific structure that emerges will be different for each organization or country, reflecting the context in which it is developed. In this publication, we present initiatives and strategies that government officials, medical professionals, private citizens, and people of faith are devising to prevent disease and improve health care for today and the future.
FocusU.S. Targets Global AIDS Pandemic Diplomacy Is Central to Building Public Health Infrastructure CommentaryFamily Health International: A Leader in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Developing Nations: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Training through African Religious Infrastructures Rotary International Builds Partnership for Better World Health ReportsA Global Overview on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Trade Agreement Will Improve Pharmaceutical Access The Role of the Private Sector ResourcesBibliography Selected Internet Resources
Cover Design: The cover incorporates the well-known symbol of the AIDS ribbon with the symbol of Aesculapius (Greek: Asklepios) identified in both Greek and Roman mythology as a physician. His powers of healing eventually made him a cult figure, worshipped as a God.
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