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Published in: Globalization and Health 1/2011

Open Access 01-12-2011 | Debate

HIV/AIDS, chronic diseases and globalisation

Author: Christopher J Colvin

Published in: Globalization and Health | Issue 1/2011

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Abstract

HIV/AIDS has always been one of the most thoroughly global of diseases. In the era of widely available anti-retroviral therapy (ART), it is also commonly recognised as a chronic disease that can be successfully managed on a long-term basis. This article examines the chronic character of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and highlights some of the changes we might expect to see at the global level as HIV is increasingly normalised as "just another chronic disease". The article also addresses the use of this language of chronicity to interpret the HIV/AIDS pandemic and calls into question some of the consequences of an uncritical acceptance of concepts of chronicity.
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Metadata
Title
HIV/AIDS, chronic diseases and globalisation
Author
Christopher J Colvin
Publication date
01-12-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Globalization and Health / Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1744-8603
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-7-31

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