ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS): AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

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ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS): AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

The Human Retroviruses. Gallo RC and Jay G, eds. San Diego, Academic Press, p. 213-24, 1991.. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92678729
Sato PA; Chin J; Mann JM; Global Programme on AIDS, WHO, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland

Abstract: The worldwide scope of HIV infection and AIDS did not become fully apparent until the middle of the 1980s, by which time HIV had spread across several continents. The global epidemiology of HIV/AIDS at the end of the 1980s is described, as well as the potential evolution of the pandemic in the 1990s and the global response that has been mobilized to prevent and control HIV/AIDS. Topics include global epidemiologic patterns of HIV and AIDS; epidemiologic data needed for HIV/AIDS prevention control; global estimates of the number of HIV-infected individuals; global AIDS projections; and the global AIDS strategy (prevention of HIV infections, reduction of the personal and social impact of HIV/AIDS, and unification of national and international efforts). The pandemic AIDS and HIV infection is dynamic and has shown changes over time. One example is Latin America, where earlier infections and cases largely involved homosexual or bisexual men, whereas infections in recent years have increasingly resulted from heterosexual transmission. The overall magnitude of HIV-related disease including AIDS will begin to become fully evident during the 1990s. Based on estimates of the number of individuals already HIV-infected as of mid-1990s alone, and without accounting for new HIV infections in recent years, at least 3 million additional AIDS cases are likely to occur in adults in the next decade. Implementation of the objectives of the Global AIDS Strategy will present a continuing challenge nationally, regionally, and internationally. Health and social services worldwide need to be alerted and strengthened in anticipation of the rapidly growing number of HIV-related illnesses and deaths. (18 Refs)

Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION Comparative Study Cross-Cultural Comparison Human HIV Seroprevalence/*TRENDS International Cooperation Risk Factors MONOGRAPH REVIEW

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