The annual AIDS epidemic update reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS epidemic. With maps and regional summaries, the 2009 edition provides the most recent estimates of the epidemic s scope and human toll and explores new trends in the epidemic's evolution.

AIDS UPDATE 2009 presents a balanced review of current research and information on HIV infection, HIV disease, and AIDS. AIDS UPDATE 2009 places discussion within a biological, medical, and social framework, helping readers more fully understand this devastating pandemic.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a screening tool called the Listing of Impairments to identify claimants who are so severely impaired that they cannot work at all and thus qualify for disability benefits. In this report, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) makes several recommendations for improving SSA's capacity for determining disability benefits more accurately and quickly using the HIV Infection Listings.

AIDS UPDATE 2014 presents a balanced review of current research and information on HIV infection, HIV disease, and AIDS. AIDS UPDATE 2014 places this discussion within a biological, medical, and social framework. Unique to this textbook is the historical presentation of HIV/AIDS in terms of dates, times, and locations, as well as the meaning of those events in scientific, political, and social terms.

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