East Europe Needs Help to Stop AIDS Explosion--UN

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East Europe Needs Help to Stop AIDS Explosion--UN

Reuters (www.reuters.com) (12/05/00)
Thomsen, Per Bech

In a joint statement, UNAIDS, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO) said that aggressive measures are needed to stem the spread of HIV in Eastern Europe and Russia. The U.N. agencies called on European nations for support in the battle. New statistics from UNAIDS and the WHO indicate that the number of HIV infections in Eastern Europe soared to 700,000 from 420,000 one year ago, and the nations most affected are Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and Kazakhstan. Participants at the U.N. agencies' meeting in Copenhagen made a number of suggestions to help control the epidemic in central and Eastern Europe, including needle exchange programs for drug addicts, treatment of sexually transmitted diseases at a general practitioner level, and condom promotion efforts.
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