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PR Newswire - 20 December 1995
NAPWA's CMV education and prevention program will include a confidential 24-hour toll-free "CMV Prevention Hotline," 1-800-838-9990, which will operate from December 20, 1995 through June 14, 1996. The hotline will be staffed between the hours of 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. EST, Monday-Friday. NAPWA's staff are trained to answer a wide variety of questions about prevention and treatment of CMV disease. The staff will direct callers to additional resources when necessary. A pre-recorded message about CMV disease, prevention and treatment will be available 24-hours-a-day, and individuals may leave their name and address to receive additional information.
In addition, NAPWA in collaboration with the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care will host a symposium on Thursday, January 11, 1996 (1:00 - 2:30 p.m. PST, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. EST) to highlight successes and challenges in preventing and treating CMV and other opportunistic infections. The symposium will be broadcast by satellite to health care providers and patients at sites in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
"Progress in preventing and treating opportunistic infections, including CMV, has been one of the bright spots in the caring of people living with HIV," said William J. Freeman, Executive Director of NAPWA. "It is important for people infected with HIV and their physicians to be aware of the increasing number of therapeutic options available to them."
CMV infects more than 50 percent of U.S. adults. In people with healthy immune systems, the disease remains dormant in the body. However, for individuals with compromised immune systems, such as people with HIV disease, CMV causes serious sight-threatening and/or life-threatening illness. Approximately 40 percent of people with HIV disease develop CMV retinitis (inflammation of the retina of the eye which can cause blindness) in the later stages of the disease.
NAPWA's CMV education and prevention program is being supported by a grant from Roche Laboratories
The National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA) is dedicated to improving the lives of the more than one million people in the United States living with HIV disease at home, in the community and in the workplace. Founded in 1983 by a coalition of people with AIDS, NAPWA serves as a national resource and voice for the needs and concerns of all people infected and affected by HIV.
CONTACT: Troy Petenbrink of National Association of People with AIDS, 202-898-0414, ext. 121, or pager, 202-943-8111
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