HIST 249 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Essential Medicines, Global Health, Supreme Court Of India
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Disease reflects and lays bare every aspect of the culture where it occurs. More than 34 million people are currently affected with hiv. Hiv remains a major contributor to the burden of disease in many countries. Combating the epidemic remains a test of our expanding knowledge. The progress made is addressing this pandemic and its effects on science, medicine and public health have been far reaching. The changes have powerful effects on research and science, clinical practices and policy. Aids reshaped conventional wisdom of public health as well as cultural attitudes and social behaviour. In the 1980s, prevention was seen as the only hope. Clinical trials have shown that early treatment benefits affected patients, not only by extending their lie expectancy but reducing the risk of transmission to their uninfected sexual partners. By the early 200s, aids activists forced important transnational alliances and activites and established a new aspect of global health.
