       Document 2020
 DOCN  M94A2020
 TI    Global status of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the response.
 DT    9412
 AU    Merson MH; Global Programme on AIDS, World Health Organization, Geneva,;
       Switzerland.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):4 (abstract no. PS1). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370555
 AB    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.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Adolescence  Adult
       Africa South of the Sahara/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Asia/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Disease
       Outbreaks/PREVENTION & CONTROL  Epidemiologic Methods
       Europe/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Health Education  Human  HIV
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  MEETING ABSTRACT

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