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080 _a15.01.02 T388
100 _aTheodore, Karl
245 _aHIV/AIDS in the Caribbean : economic issues - impact and investment response
260 _bUWI. Health Economics Unit
_aSt. AugustineTT
_c2000
300 _a26 p.
520 _aPresents updated information on the estimated impact of HIV/AIDS on the economies of the Caribbean. Uses the output of a 1997 study on the economic impact of HIV/AIDS in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago as the starting point. Updates the projections for these two countries based on some adjustment to some of the underlying assumptions in respect of the epidemiology of the disease and the cost of treating infected persons.
583 _c10/11/01
_kJOY_D
942 _cM
_mT388
999 _c23822
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