2nd International AIDS Conference Paris, France - June 23-25, 1986

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMME ON AIDS

Int Conf AIDS 1986 Jun 23-24; 2:5 (abstract no. SP)

H. Mahler, F. Assaad
World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland

Since the first recognition of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in 1981, over 20,000 cases have been reported, mainly from the industrialized countries. About 45% of these cases were reported in 1985 and over 75% were reported during the 1984/1985 biennium. More than 85% of cases recorded to date have been reported from the USA.

There have been relatively few cases from countries in Asia and Oceania (except Australia). Recent information indicates that AIDS may be a serious public health problem in tropical Africa; estimated incidence rates in some central African cities are comparable to those in New York or San Francisco, and cases have been identified in residents or migrants from over twenty African countries.

The directors of the network of WHO collaborating centres on AIDS met in Geneva on 25-26 September 1985 and again on 16-18 December 1985 to assess the up-to-date worldwide impact of AIDS and to advise the Organization on the development of a programme on AIDS in which they would take an active part.

The WHO programme on AIDS was submitted to the 77th Executive Board of the World Health Organization in January 1986. The subject was discussed in depth and a resolution was passed urging Member States to maintain vigilance, to share information in all openness with WHO and to cooperate in developing public health strategies for the prevention and control of LAV/HTLV-III infection. The Director-General was called upon to further develop the activities established within the WHO programme on AIDS and to seek additional extra budgetary funding for the support of national and collective programmes.

1986-06-22
SP

Copyright © 1986 - International AIDS Society (IAS). All rights reserved. All abstracts from the 2nd International AIDS Conference, appearing on the AEGiS web site, are protected by United States copyright. Permission is hereby granted for the non-commercial use or reproduction of the 2nd International AIDS Conferences abstracts hosted here on the AEGiS web site, provided that the use of such information is accompanied by an acknowledgement that IAS is the source of the information and the name of the author of the article.