RethinkHIV: Smarter Ways to Invest in Ending HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa [Paperback]

A timely thought-provoking book, which examines the first-ever comparative cost-benefit analysis of responses to HIV/AIDS in Africa.In a fresh look at the crisis of HIV in Africa, Bj?rn Lomborg brings together research by world-class specialist authors, a foreword by UNAIDS founding director Peter Piot and perspectives from Nobel Laureates and African civil society leaders to identify the most effective ways to tackle this killer epidemic.In a fresh look at the crisis of HIV in Africa, Bj?rn Lomborg brings together research by world-class specialist authors, a foreword by UNAIDS founding director Peter Piot and perspectives from Nobel Laureates and African civil society leaders to identify the most effective ways to tackle this killer epidemic.Thirty years after the identification of the disease that became known as AIDS, humanitarian organizations warn that the fight against HIV/AIDS has slowed, amid a funding shortfall and donor fatigue. In this book, Bj?rn Lomborg brings together research by world-class specialist authors, a foreword by UNAIDS founding director Peter Piot and perspectives from Nobel Laureates and African civil society leaders to identify the most effective ways to tackle the pandemic across sub-Saharan Africa. There remains an alarming lack of high-quality data evaluating responses to HIV. We still know too little about what works, where and how to replicate our successes. This book offers the first comprehensive attempt by teams of authors to analyze HIV/AIDS policy choices using cost-benefit analysis, across six major topics. This approach provides a provocative fresh look at the best ways to scale up the fight against this killer epidemic.Foreword Peter Piot; Introduction Bj?rn Lomborg; Part I. The Research: Section 1. Sexual Transmission of HIV Jere R. Behrman and Hans-Peter Kohler: 1. Alternative perspective: sexual transmission of HIV Damien de Walque; 2. Alternative perspective: sexual transmission of HIV Alan Whiteside; Section 2. Preventlã9