Description: Averting AIDS Crises in Eastern Europe and Central Asia : A Regional Support Strategy

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Averting AIDS Crises in Eastern Europe and Central Asia : A Regional Support Strategy

The Regional Support Strategy is in recognition of the threats that unchecked epidemics of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis pose to many of the World Bank's client countries. It is an instrument to guide the World Bank's role in the global devel...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	HIV INFECTIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH TUBERCULOSIS EPIDEMICS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT POVERTY PARTNERSHIP HEALTH ISSUES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CIVIL SOCIETY GOVERNMENT MALARIA NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS POVERTY REDUCTION ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS ADULT PREVALENCE AIDS CONTROL AIDS CONTROL PROJECT AIDS ORPHANS ALS BALTICS BEHAVIORAL SURVEILLANCE BISEXUAL MEN BLOOD DONATION BLOOD PRODUCTS BLOOD SAFETY BLOOD SUPPLY BOUNDARIES CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS COMMERCIAL SEX COMMERCIAL SEX WORK COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS COMMODITIES CONDOM USE CONSISTENT CONDOM USE DISCRIMINATION DRUG ABUSE DRUG CONSUMPTION DRUG DEPENDENCY DRUGS ECONOMICS EFFECTIVE PREVENTION EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES FOUNDATIONS HARM REDUCTION HEALTH CARE HETEROSEXUAL CONTACT HETEROSEXUAL TRANSMISSION HIGH-RISK HIV HIV PREVENTION HIV TRANSMISSION HOSPITALS HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS IMMUNE DEFICIENCY IMMUNE SYSTEM IMMUNODEFICIENCY INCOME INJECTING DRUG USE INJECTING DRUG USERS INTERVENTION LABORATORY SCREENING LINES LOW PREVALENCE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MANAGERS MEDICAL TREATMENT MOTHER-TO-CHILD NATIONAL HEALTH NEEDLE EXCHANGE NEW CASES NEW INFECTIONS NURSES PALLIATIVE CARE PATIENTS PEER EDUCATION PEER REVIEW POLICY DISCUSSIONS PREGNANT WOMEN PREVENTION EFFORTS PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS PREVENTION OF MOTHER PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION PRIVATE SECTOR PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS RISK BEHAVIORS RISK FACTORS RISK GROUPS SAFETY PROGRAMS SCREENING SERVICE DELIVERY SEX INDUSTRY SEX PARTNERS SEX WITH MEN SEXUAL NETWORKING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SIBLINGS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SOUTHERN EUROPE SURVEILLANCE DATA UNAIDS VACCINES VOLUNTARY COUNSELING WEST WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG PEOPLE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/09/2541072/averting-aids-crises-eastern-europe-central-asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15114

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Summary:	The Regional Support Strategy is in recognition of the threats that unchecked epidemics of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis pose to many of the World Bank's client countries. It is an instrument to guide the World Bank's role in the global development agenda, which includes the Declaration of Commitment at a Special Session of the U.N. General Assembly in June 2001. That declaration reaffirmed a pledge made by world leaders to have halted and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015. The document provides a unifying framework for the World Bank's work on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It identifies the potential costs of inaction, the constraints on an effective response, priority actions to resolve such constraints, and the Bank's plans for helping countries do so as part of a multi-institutional effort. HIV/AIDS is fast becoming a threat to health and economic development in parts of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Despite the dangers, country responses to the epidemic have been patchy and limited by widespread denial. Where actions have been taken to contain the epidemic, they have tended to be pilot efforts on a scale that is too small to make a dent in the overall course of the epidemic. Governments and civil society have started to address the problem, but they need to do much more to avert HIV/AIDS crises in the region.