Epidemiology (Asia)

AIDS Congress Warns Asia of More Virulent Epidemic

Published in Sex Weekly Plus, November 10th, 1997

A 65-nation AIDS congress ended with warnings of a more virulent epidemic in Asia but no solution to the problem of how millions of impoverished Asians could afford expensive drugs developed in the West.

The congress issued a manifesto calling for increased government funding of the campaign to combat the epidemic and inclusion of the HIV/AIDS problem in all health planning.

People afflicted with the virus "should not be subjected to discrimination and stigma," it said.

A group of Asian prostitutes marked the conference's final session by calling on governments to recognize their profession, saying that being forced to work...

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