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Document 1817
DOCN M94A1817
TI Responding to the emerging AIDS crisis in the post-Soviet states.
DT 9412
AU Saldanha VP; Chaika N; Altschuler S; Moseley K; International AIDS
Project [IAP], St. Petersburg, Russia.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):444 (abstract no. PD0385). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370758
AB OBJECTIVE: To mobilize international support and assistance for
organizations in the post-Soviet states working to confront HIV/AIDS in
an attempt to maximize the opportunity of the region's low-prevalence of
HIV. METHODS: To conduct needs assessments on the state of HIV/AIDS
policies, programs and resources in this region. To identify the
non-governmental groups and official organizations willing and capable
of developing HIV/AIDS programs and projects with international support
and assistance; develop an outline of the region's most urgent needs and
solicit international resources to address them. RESULTS: Official
agencies and institutions mandated to fight HIV/AIDS in the post-Soviet
states are generally over-staffed and ill-equipped to meet the
challenges of a low-prevalence region. The few NGOs which do exist are
weakly institutionalized and poorly funded. In response, the
International AIDS Project encourages agencies and organizations in this
region to use their resources for prevention and education. Through
IAP's AIDS Library Resource Program, IAP has sought the support and
assistance of organizations internationally, such as the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control, to collaborate on mobilizing some of the resources
this region requires. Many of the organizations in this region now have
access to basic information and resources that would have been
impossible without international assistance. DISCUSSIONS AND
CONCLUSIONS: As the world's last low-prevalence region, the post-Soviet
states have an opportunity to contain the spread of HIV. If the
international community of agencies, organizations, and governments
fails to provide the support and assistance required by those indigenous
to the post-Soviet states, they will find themselves unable to make use
of this opportunity. The fight against HIV/AIDS in this region may
belong to those indigenous to this region. Yet international
collaboration could prove decisive in making their fight against AIDS
aware of the world's tragic experience and wary of its past mistakes.
DE Government Agencies Human HIV Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION &
CONTROL International Cooperation USSR/EPIDEMIOLOGY MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).