1st Edition

HIV/AIDS in China - The Economic and Social Determinants

By Dylan Sutherland, Jennifer Y.J. Hsu Copyright 2012
184 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

South and East Asia may well become the epicentres of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. More than three-quarters of a million people are now estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS in China. In 2009, AIDS had already become the leading cause of death by infectious disease. Yet, even despite China’s recent economic and social progress, a number of development issues - not least the emergence of glaring... Read more

Abbreviations.  List of Tables and Figures.  Preface  1. Understanding Hiv/Aids Epidemics  2. Economic and Social Determinants of Hiv/Aids  3. Inequality and Hiv/Aids Epidemics  4. Commercial Sex Work  5. Migration  6. Healthcare  7. The Role of Civil Society Organizations.  Conclusion.  Endnotes.  Bibliography

Biography

Dylan Sutherland is currently Lecturer at Durham Business School, Durham University, UK.  He is the co-editor of Sustainable Reform and Development in Post-Olympic China and author of China's large enterprises and the challenge of late industrialisation (both published by Routledge).

Jennifer Y. J. Hsu is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.  She is the co-editor of China in an Era of Transition: Understanding Contemporary State and Society Actors.