TY - BOOK ID - 214083 TI - HIV, Resurgent Infections and Population Change in Africa AU - Caraƫl, Michel. AU - Glynn, Judith. PY - 2007 VL - v. 6 SN - 128111734X 9786611117344 1402061749 1402061722 1402061730 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Communicable diseases KW - HIV infections KW - Epidemiology. KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan KW - Population. KW - Contagion and contagious diseases KW - Contagious diseases KW - Infectious diseases KW - Microbial diseases in human beings KW - Zymotic diseases KW - Diseases KW - Infection KW - Epidemics KW - HIV (Viruses) infections KW - HTLV-III infections KW - HTLV-III-LAV infections KW - Human T-lymphotropic virus III infections KW - Lentivirus infections KW - Sexually transmitted diseases KW - Africa, Black KW - Africa, Subsaharan KW - Africa, Tropical KW - Africa South of the Sahara KW - Black Africa KW - Sub-Sahara Africa KW - Sub-Saharan Africa KW - Subsahara Africa KW - Subsaharan Africa KW - Tropical Africa KW - Emerging infectious diseases. KW - Demography. KW - Medicine. KW - Social sciences. KW - Infectious Diseases. KW - Medicine/Public Health, general. KW - Social Sciences, general. KW - Public health KW - Behavioral sciences KW - Human sciences KW - Sciences, Social KW - Social science KW - Social studies KW - Civilization KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Human biology KW - Life sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Pathology KW - Physicians KW - Historical demography KW - Social sciences KW - Population KW - Vital statistics KW - Emerging infections KW - New infectious diseases KW - Re-emerging infectious diseases KW - Reemerging infectious diseases KW - Health Workforce KW - Infectious diseases. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:214083 AB - Forty years ago, the age-old battle against infectious diseases as a major threat to human health was believed close to being won. However, by the late twentieth century, the increase of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases was evident in both low and high income countries. About 30 new infectious diseases have been identified in the last 20 years. Among the "new" diseases, and most importantly, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic, with 40 million persons infected and 25 million deaths since its first description, presents one of the most significant health, societal and security challenges facing the global community. The interaction of HIV/AIDS with tuberculosis, malaria and bacterial infections have increased HIV-related morbidity and mortality, and in turn, the HIV pandemic has brought about devastating increases in tuberculosis. Understanding the population impact and the dynamics of infection diseases in the most affected region is critical to efforts to reduce the morbidity and mortality of such infections, and for decisions on where to use limited resources in the fight against infections. This book aims to contribute to these efforts by offering a demographic and epidemiological perspective on emerging and reemerging infections in sub-Saharan Africa. ER -