Jeremy Shiffman

 
Jeremy Shiffman

Jeremy Shiffman is an Associate Professor of Public Administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. His research concerns the global and national political dynamics of health and population policy-making in poor countries. Jeremy has a particular interest in health policy agenda-setting: why political leaders prioritize some health issues and neglect others.

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HIV/AIDS Control May be Crowding Out Other Health Initiatives

December 4, 2006

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HIV/AIDS control is now receiving enormous attention in global health circles. This is reason both for celebration and concern. It is reason for celebration because the disease has been neglected in the past and the tide may be turning against this humanitarian crisis. It is reason for concern because there is growing evidence that the extensive focus on this one disease is crowding-out resources and policy-maker attention for the many other causes of death and illness of the poor in the developing world.
In an editorial that appeared in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization on December 1, World AIDS Day, I provide evidence (pdf) of possible crowding-out effects.

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