HIV/AIDS in China - The Economic and Social Determinants

by Jennifer Y.J. Hsu and Dylan Sutherland

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 inequalities - have also emerged. The expansion of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415726182
• ISBN13: 9780415726184
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"