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Author Pape, Ulla, 1974- author.

Title The politics of HIV/AIDS in Russia / Ulla Pape
Published New York : Routledge, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Series BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; 92
BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ; 92
Contents Introduction -- Civil society, NGOs and the Russian state -- Civil society and the global governance of HIV/AIDS -- Russia's HIV/AIDS epidemic and government response -- HIV/AIDS and Russian society -- The organisational landscape of HIV/AIDS NGOs in Russia -- Building bridges, creating trust: HIV/AIDS NGOs in Tomsk -- Improving policy and practice: NGOs in St. Petersburg -- Advocacy based on evidence: HIV/AIDS NGOs in Kaliningrad -- In the centre of Russian HIV/AIDS politics: NGOs in Moscow -- Conclusion
Summary This book studies the role of civil society organisations in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Russia. It looks at how Russia's HIV/AIDS epidemic has developed into a serious social, economic and political problem, and how according to the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Russia is currently facing the biggest HIV/AIDS epidemic in all of Europe with an estimated number of 980,000 people living with HIV in 2009. The book investigates civil society organisations' contribution to social change and civil society development in post-Soviet Russia, and thus situates a specific type of c
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Subject AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Russia (Federation)
AIDS (Disease) -- Russia (Federation) -- Prevention -- Citizen participation
AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention -- Government policy -- Russia (Federation)
Non-governmental organizations -- Russia (Federation)
AIDS (Disease)
HIV infections.
Politics, Practical.
Political science.
Medical policy.
Non-governmental organizations.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
HIV Infections
Government
Health Policy
Organizations
governments (administrative bodies)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Politics, Practical
Political science
Medical policy
HIV infections
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention -- Government policy
AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects
Non-governmental organizations
SUBJECT Russia
Subject Russia (Federation)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781134596492
1134596499
9781315886756
1315886758
9781315886756
9781134596560
1134596561