Authors: Donoghoe, Martin C.; Lazarus, Jeffrey V.; Matic, Srdan

Source: Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians, Volume 5, Number 5, September/October 2005 , pp. 487-490(4)

Publisher: Royal College of Physicians

Abstract:

In the 1990s, HIV/AIDS became a major threat to health, economic stability and human development in countries in eastern Europe and central Asia. Social, political and economic transition exacerbated the structural conditions that allowed HIV/AIDS to flourish as dramatic changes led to increasing drug injection, economic decline and failing health and healthcare systems. There is a need to address the professional and ideological opposition - even in countries considered to be fully functioning democracies - to evidence-based public health interventions like harm reduction, coupled with treating HIV/AIDS for all those in need, if countries are to provide a more effective response.

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Keywords: CENTRAL ASIA; EASTERN EUROPE; HIV/AIDS; SOCIAL MEDICINE

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2005-09-01

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