http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/07/31/hiv-medical-and-institutional-failure/ The World Affairs Blog Network Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:12:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/07/31/hiv-medical-and-institutional-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1998 Central Asia » Blog Archive » Winter Flu: the H5N1 mystery Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:03:18 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/07/31/hiv-medical-and-institutional-failure/#comment-1998 [...] Central Asia Events related to other well-publicized health care epidemics have shown that Central Asia’s health system is somewhat unequal to the task of containing the spread of disease.  Though HIV is hardly the same thing as H5N1, institutional deficits in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have been revealed through trials concerning the spread of AIDS/SIDA disease by medical means.  [...] [...] Central Asia Events related to other well-publicized health care epidemics have shown that Central Asia’s health system is somewhat unequal to the task of containing the spread of disease.  Though HIV is hardly the same thing as H5N1, institutional deficits in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have been revealed through trials concerning the spread of AIDS/SIDA disease by medical means.  [...]

]]> http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/07/31/hiv-medical-and-institutional-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 Central Asia » Blog Archive » Central Asia: HIV epidemic is Here. Now. Urgent. Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:23:08 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/07/31/hiv-medical-and-institutional-failure/#comment-1590 [...] Further Reading on Global Public Health: RFE/RL: WHO warns about global epidemics RFE/RL: Tatarstan HIV clinic on the vanguard May 2006, interview with the head of UNAIDS on CIS countries FPA Central Asia on Medical/Institutional Failure & HIV Great Reading on Public Health: anything by Laurie Garrett.  The Coming Plague is a great start on understanding many contemporary public health issues.  Here are two articles by Ms. Garrett: The Challenge of Global (Public) Health (on giving health care providers the ability to work no matter what disease comes forward) The Next Pandemic? (on H5N1 virus) About HIV in the “First World”: The Band Played On by Randy Shilts.  There is a review of the work at Wikipedia. [...] [...] Further Reading on Global Public Health: RFE/RL: WHO warns about global epidemics RFE/RL: Tatarstan HIV clinic on the vanguard May 2006, interview with the head of UNAIDS on CIS countries FPA Central Asia on Medical/Institutional Failure & HIV Great Reading on Public Health: anything by Laurie Garrett.  The Coming Plague is a great start on understanding many contemporary public health issues.  Here are two articles by Ms. Garrett: The Challenge of Global (Public) Health (on giving health care providers the ability to work no matter what disease comes forward) The Next Pandemic? (on H5N1 virus) About HIV in the “First World”: The Band Played On by Randy Shilts.  There is a review of the work at Wikipedia. [...]

]]> http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/07/31/hiv-medical-and-institutional-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-910 Global Voices Online » Kyrgyzstan: HIV scandal Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:25:35 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/07/31/hiv-medical-and-institutional-failure/#comment-910 [...] Bonnie Boyd reports of a scandal in southern Kyrgyzstan in which nine children have contracted HIV/Aids due to medical and institutional negligence. Share This [...] [...] Bonnie Boyd reports of a scandal in southern Kyrgyzstan in which nine children have contracted HIV/Aids due to medical and institutional negligence. Share This [...]

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