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

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