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7. International Aspects of AIDS and HIV Infection
Pages 159-164

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From page 159...
... In the United States, for example, the reporting system is estimated to capture approximately 80 percent of AIDS cases, a proportion that probably applies to other industrialized nations. Countries whose reporting systems are less well established or nonexistent capture a much smaller percentage of cases.
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From page 160...
... The male-to-female ratio in countries with this pattern of AIDS cases ranges from 10:1 to 15:1. The prevalence of HIV infection in their overall populations is estimated to be less than 1 percent, but it has been reported to exceed 50 percent in some high-risk groups (e.g., homosexual men with multiple sexual partners who practice receptive anal intercourse, and IV drug abusers)
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From page 161...
... In addition, the Global Programme and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently concluded an agreement whereby UNDP country resident representatives will provide additional support to national AIDS control and prevention programs in accordance with the general scientific and technical strategies laid out by WHO.
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From page 162...
... The increase in AIDS-related deaths undoubtedly will adversely affect development in such countries, toward whose welfare the United States contributes. · Health Improvement Assistance—It has become increasingly apparent during the last year that perinatal transmission of HIV has the potential to raise infant and child mortality to such a level that recent advances in child survival may well be reversed in some countries (Mann, 19881.
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From page 163...
... Public Health Service. Emphasis should be given to helping severely affected countries in central Africa implement educational efforts, test and counsel sexually active persons, conduct serologic screening of blood donors, eliminate inappropriate or unnecessary blood transfusions, improve indigenous epidemiological and surveillance capabilities, and prepare for consequent increases in the incidence of tuberculosis.
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From page 164...
... The committee is encouraged by the United States' response to the needs of the international campaign against AIDS and HIV infection.
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  • international aids
  • national aids
  • drug abusers
  • aids activities

  • blood transfusion
  • policy considerations
  • national efforts
  • economic burden
  • foreign policy

  • states contributes
  • assessed contributions
  • perinatal transmission
  • aids control
  • prevention programs

  • blood safety
  • affected countries
  • international efforts
  • mutually beneficial
  • health improvement

  • safety initiative
  • aids research
  • beneficial research
  • nationwide blood
  • laboratory technology

  • active persons
  • international society
  • international health
  • hiv antibodies
  • consensus meetings


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