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     The HIV epidemic in the USA and Europe increasingly affects migrants and ethnic minorities. These groups are often highly vulnerable and experience significant barriers to accessing HIV/AIDS prevention and care. This easy to read book explores how to deliver effective, comprehensive HIV prevention and care services to these diverse populations and examines the barriers to achieving this goal. With contributions from leading academics, clinicians, public health specialists and those working in non-governmental HIV organizations, it addresses a broad range of clinical, social and political issues, including:

• the epidemiology, clinical presentation and progression of HIV and AIDS
• the process of, and arguments for and against monitoring ethnicity in HIV surveillance systems
• the access to, and cost of, HIV services for minority groups
• successful prevention strategies for ethnic minorities in the USA
• the experiences of migrant groups in the USA and the UK.

     The book provides students, physicians and the lay reader alike with an inexpensive and invaluable introduction to this important area.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1.     Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Minority Populations in the USA

Chapter 2.     HIV/AIDS in Ethnic Minorities in the UK

Chapter 3.     HIV/AIDS in Migrants and Ethnic Minorities in Europe

Chapter 4.     Symptomatic HIV Diseases--Incidence, Presentation, Diagnosis and Outcomes

Chapter 5.     HIV Disease Progression and Ethnicity

Chapter 6.     The Relationships Between Ethnicity and Laboratory Markers of HIV Disease Progression

Chapter 7.     HIV Service Provision for Ethnic Minorities:  People of African Descent in the UK and USA

Chapter 8.     Delivering HIV Transmission Prevention Services to HIV-Seropositive Persons in Clinical Care

Chapter 9.     HIV Counseling and Testing Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations

Chapter 10.   HIV and Immigration Policy

Chapter 11.   Migrant Populations and Ethnic Minorities in Europe:  Access to HIV Care and Support

Chapter 12.   Improving Access to Care for Cultural, Linguistic and Racial Minorities:  The Bilingual Peer Advocate Program of the Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS

Chapter 13.   Black Africans in the UK Living with HIV

Chapter 14.   HIV and Ethnicity:  Lessons Learned and the Way Forward

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