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Facing Up to AIDS

The Socio-economic Impact in Southern Africa

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Sholto Cross

    1. School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UK

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  2. Alan Whiteside

    1. Economic Research Unit, University of Natal, South Africa

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Setting the Scene

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Alan Whiteside
      Pages 3-12

    3. The Global Pandemic of AIDS

      • D. W. FitzSimons
      Pages 13-33

    4. Current Research on the Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS: A Review of the International and South African Literature

      • Jonathan Broomberg
      Pages 34-57

  4. Economic Assessments for South Africa

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. A Socio-Economic Analysis of the Long-Run Effects of AIDS in South Africa

      • Sholto Cross
      Pages 137-157

    3. The Economic Impact of the AIDS Epidemic in South Africa

      • Jonathan Broomberg, Malcolm Steinberg, Patrick Masobe, Graeme Behr
      Pages 158-190

    4. Some Reflections on a Human Capital Approach to the Analysis of the Impact of AIDS on the South African Economy

      • George Trotter
      Pages 191-214

  5. The African Experience

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
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    2. The Impact of AIDS on Industry in Zimbabwe

      • Alan Whiteside
      Pages 217-240

    3. The Medical Costs of AIDS in Zimbabwe

      • Richard Hore
      Pages 241-260

    4. Simple Methods for Monitoring the Socio-Economic Impact of AIDS: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa

      • Tony Barnett, Piers Blaikie
      Pages 261-292

  6. Facing up to AIDS in South Africa

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293
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    2. Lessons from Tropical Africa for Addressing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in South Africa

      • Alan Fleming
      Pages 295-317

    3. Facing up to AIDS

      • Sholto Cross
      Pages 318-320
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About this book

This study looks at the global plague which is threatening to engulf South Africa at a crucial moment in its history. Economists, demographers and health planners present a range of new methods of understanding the likely course of the disease, drawn from the most recent research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UK

    Sholto Cross

  • Economic Research Unit, University of Natal, South Africa

    Alan Whiteside

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Facing Up to AIDS

  • Book Subtitle: The Socio-economic Impact in Southern Africa

  • Editors: Sholto Cross, Alan Whiteside

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22597-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-22597-2Published: 01 February 1993

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 331

  • Topics: Infectious Diseases, Medicine/Public Health, general, Social Sciences, general

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