Global status of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the response.
Int Conf AIDS 1994 Aug 7-12; 10:4 (abstract no. PS1) Merson MH; Global Programme on AIDS, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Worldwide, the number of people infected with HIV or ill with AIDS continues to increase, as does the impact of the epidemic on families, communities and nations. Epidemiological modelling indicates growing endemicity of HIV infection in areas where the epidemic is mature, such as parts of sub-Saharan Africa and western Europe, and incipient or explosive expansion in others, such as Asia. The implications for action are correspondingly different, though in all parts of the world a prime focus must be on giving young people the information, skills and services they need to protect themselves. In Asia, according to a WHO study, prevention is likely to be effective, as well as readily affordable, in curbing the rapid expansion of the epidemic.
Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Disease Outbreaks, HIV Infections, Social Class, Asia, Europe, Africa South of the Sahara, ICA10 940807
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