Economics And Hiv (Routledge International Studies In Health Economics)

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.

• | Author: Deborah Johnston
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Mar 04, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1138904880
• | ISBN-13: 9781138904880