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Document 2296
DOCN M94A2296
TI HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (Tb) and public health practice in Canada.
DT 9412
AU de Burger R; AIDS Program Canadian Public Health Assoc., Ottawa, ON.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):336 (abstract no. PC0277). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370279
AB Until the middle of the 1980's there was considerable optimism that Tb
could be eradicated in Canada as incidence and prevalence rates had been
declining to that point. In many public health quarters Tb was being
viewed as a disease that could not only be controlled but eliminated.
Currently there is a slow but steady resurgence of Tb in Canada
coincident with the growth of HIV/AIDS and a changing immigration
pattern which has seen more persons from endemic Tb areas settle in
Canada. both as immigrants and refugees. In May 1993, Health Canada
convened a meeting in Toronto Canada to review issues, perceptions,
scientific information and concerns about the dual infection of HIV and
Tb. In March 1994, the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) in
collaboration with Health Canada convened an invitational workshop to
review professional practice and policy required to address the dual
infection of HIV/Tb and the issue of multi-drug resistant Tb. AIDS and
Tb coordinators from Canada's provinces, territories and the federal
government met with representatives from national health professional
associations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Recommendations
from the workshop were disseminated to the governments, health
professional associations, community based organizations and national
NGOs in Canada to form the basis for policy and practice guideline
reviews and amendments as appropriate. The CPHA workshop and its
subsequent activity is concurrent with a national community based
organization review of similar issues and their impact on the infected
and affected communities. It is planned to have a third event in this
review continuum, an invitational conference to bring the process to
completion.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION &
CONTROL/TRANSMISSION AIDS-Related Opportunistic
Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION
Canada/EPIDEMIOLOGY Forecasting Health Policy/TRENDS Human HIV
Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION HIV
Seroprevalence/TRENDS Public Health/*TRENDS Tuberculosis,
Pulmonary/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/ TRANSMISSION MEETING
ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).