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... The situation demancis both immediate action to stem the spread of infection and a long-term national commitment to produce a vaccine and therapeutic drugs. A massive, continuing campaign should begin immediately to increase awareness of ways in which persons can protect themselves against infection, such as using concloms, avoiding anal intercourse, and not sharing cirug injection equipment.
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... The committee believes that such a program of research will require at least $1 billion in public funds annually by 1990 and a continuing commitment over many years. These funds must be newly appropriated, not money taken from other research, because the nation's general health efforts as well as those directed against HIV need continuing progress in basic biomedical science on a broad front.
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... There is also a need to mobilize existing resources ancl encourage interaction of the public and private sectors. To fill these needsand also for informing the American public, Congress, ancl the executive branch the committee proposes a National Commission on AIDS, created either as a presidential or joint presidential ancl congressional entity.
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