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8. A National Commission on HIV Infection and AIDS
Pages 165-168

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From page 165...
... In reviewing the events and progress of the last 20 months, the present committee considered the areas of public health, health care, and research. In addition, the committee carefully weighed the question of whether or not the IOM/NAS recommendation to establish a national commission on AIDS should be reaffirmed.
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From page 166...
... These efforts should streamline progress within the Public Health Service, but they are not meant to have the broader, overarching responsibility for setting national policy directions that the committee feels is lacking. In the absence of strong federal leadership, a variety of private organizations, foundations, volunteer groups, professional organizations, and state and local governments have taken the initiative to create educational programs, formulate laws and regulations, and address other facets of the epidemic.
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From page 167...
... But where public policy has been clearly inadequate for instance, in the provision and financing of health care, in setting standards for antibody testing and antidiscrimination, in addressing IV substance abuse, and in furnishing overarching direction for all components of the government and the private sector the nation has suffered from the absence of strong federal leadership. The Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences are generally reluctant to recommend that a new government entity be established; however, in this case, the committee feels that such a body is needed to inform policy and provide sustained, coherent advice to the nation.
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... , the provision and financing of health care, public health and education, epidemiology and modeling, law and ethics, and the United States' international role in combating AIDS. The commission should have ample professional staff and a sufficient budget.
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