Confronting AIDS: Public Priorities in a Global Epidemic

This report from the World Bank draws on epidemiology, public health, and especially public economics to address the epidemic from the perspective of decisionmakers who shape and finance national efforts to combat HIV/AIDS. UPDATE: the full text of the report is available online.

Excerpt from the Chinese Version of Confronting AIDS! http://www.jkb.com.cn/aids/aids.htm

Considering HIV/AIDS in Development Assistance: A Toolkit

This toolkit has been prepared to assist staff of the Commission of the European Communities and Consultants in considering the implications of the HIV epidemic in the provision of development assistance.

Anti-Retroviral (ARV) Treatment in Developing Countries: Questions of Economics, Equity and Ethics.

This special focus area of the AIDS Economics web site gathers materials that address the complicated issues surrounding the economics of ARV treatment in developing countries. Materials presented here include an introduction to the issues, readings from various sources, as well as the outputs of an on-line conference on the topic hosted by this site, and related presentations made at the recent face-to-face meeting of the AIDS Economics Network (AEN).

To view other special AIDS Economics related materials, visit the IAEN website.

Elsewhere on the web...

Washington Post special section: The New World of AIDS; includes a section on developing countries.

More than 80 people participated in the IAEN Symposium in Durban, South Africa in July, 2000. Twenty papers were were presented and reviewed. The papers, a summary of the proceedings, and discussants' comments are available now. View Complete Symposium Agenda, Report, and Papers

Latest Online Conference: "The Economics of AIDS Vaccines," on the IAEN Web site, sponsored by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI). The IAEN welcomes you to register for our next conference, as well as to view documents compiled on the topic.

...Past Announcements and Materials

This site aims to collect and link to the most useful tools for economic understanding of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These tools include:

Search for key words in AIDS Economics-related materials from the IAEN site. The search extends to the IAEN sponsor web sites (including The World Bank, UNAIDS, USAID, and the EU).

The IAEN Online Conference Center summarizes and links to each of the conferences that have been held to date.

Search the full text of "Confronting AIDS" For key words and topics.

On-Line Papers and Articles: A growing collection of links to on-line reports and articles (full text) about the public economics of HIV/AIDS in developing countries.

Internet Links: A list of links to selected Internet resources on the economics of HIV/AIDS.

Electronic Newsletter at the IAEN web site: Sign up to receive this free electronic newsletter and view the archive. As part of its effort to encourage research on the economics of HIV/AIDS, AIDS Economics  prepares and e-mail this newsletter featuring updates to this site and news of interest on the topic. The information is gathered from a variety of sources, including online electronic databases.