00834nam a2200157Ia 4500 20260716043401.0 15.04.02 C748 Confronting AIDS : public priorities in a global epidemic Rev. ed. OUP New YorkUS 1999 xxv, 365 p. Bibliography: p. 342-365 Provides 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. 5/25/00 JOY_D M C748 46161 46161