text New YorkUS OUP 1999 Rev. ed. monographic xxv, 365 p. 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. Bibliography: p. 342-365 5/25/00 JOY_D 15.04.02 C748 20260716043401.0