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Yokohama report: an activist's journal. Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003. 800-458-5231 ext. 5023.

Crit Path AIDS Proj. 1994-95 Winter;(No 30):1, 23-4, 36. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AIDS/95700002
Kuromiya K

Abstract: The 10th International Conference on AIDS was the first to be held in Asia. Many street activists boycotted it because of Japan's relatively small incidence of AIDS, because Japan was too expensive and excludes immigration and travel of HIV-infected individuals, and because the conference should have been held in the Southern Hemisphere. However, Japan has the money and power needed to target the coming epidemic in the less economically well-endowed parts of Asia, and has the conference facilities and the desire to host the conference. ACT UP/New York officially sent only one delegate, but many treatment activists and a diverse community of PWAs attended. Japan's response to the coming epidemic has been quick and certain. At the opening ceremonies, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Murayama spoke movingly of Japan's commitment to persons with AIDS and to applying national resources to this global problem.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY *Congresses Health Policy Japan Socioeconomic Factors NEWSLETTER ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDepidemiologyKWDcongresseshealthpolicyjapansocioeconomicfactorsnewsletterarticle
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