The AIDS Pandemic : Searching for a Global Response

Provides the readers with an insiders view of the history and development of the global response to the AIDS pandemic, perhaps the most complex pandemic in modern history

Introduces readers to some of the leading personalities in the global fight against AIDS

Provides insight into how global health policies are made and how personal relationships and decisions taken at global and local level impact the course of a pandemic

Familiarizes readers with the global actors in health - including the United Nations family, governments, non-governmental organizations, the private sector - and the difficulties in coordinating their actions

Enriches understanding of the structure and operations of the World Health Organization within the United Nations and the challenges WHO faces providing leadership in global health today

Offers lessons to be learned from the AIDS experience and how these can be applied to future pandemics