Shifting the burden: the private sector's response to the AIDS epidemic in Africa

Shifting the burden: the private sector's response to the AIDS epidemic in Africa

As the economic burden of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) increases in sub-Saharan Africa, allocation of the burden among levels and sectors of society is changing. The private sector has more scope to avoid the economic burden of AIDS than governments, hou...

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Main Authors: Rosen Sydney, Simon Jonathon L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2003-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome/economics
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome/prevention and control
Cost of illness
Private sector
Workplace
Personnel management
Salaries and fringe benefits
South Africa
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862003000200010

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