00781nam a2200133Ia 450000500170000008000180001724500620003525000130009726000260011030000160013650000290015252004470018158300190062820260716043401.0  a15.04.02 C748  aConfronting AIDS : public priorities in a global epidemic  aRev. ed.  bOUPaNew YorkUSc1999  axxv, 365 p.  aBibliography: p. 342-365  aProvides information and analysis to help policymakers, development specialists, public health expets, and others who shape the public response to HIV/AIDS to design an effective strategy for confronting the epidemic.  Draws upon three bodies of knowledge: the epidemiology of HIV; public helath insights into disease control; and especially public economics which focuses on assessing trade offs in the allocation of scarce public resources.  c5/25/00kJOY_D