Research programs of the National Institute on Drug Abuse take a broad approach to investigating the problems of intervention in intravenous drug use and its relation to the AIDS epidemic. Current prevention strategies are directed to reducing the rates of infection and the progression among the infected to clinical symptoms. Programs test alternative prevention models and focus on the epidemiology of the problem and on basic studies of specific high-risk behaviors. Ultimately, the problem requires community involvement to encourage behaviors which will reduce exposure on the part of drug users, their sexual partners, and their children.
The personal medical care costs of those diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in 1988 are forecast to be $2.2 billion, an amount t...
An estimated 40 percent of the nation's 55,000 persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have received care under the Medicaid Program, w...
The Food and Drug Administration has instituted several pro-active measures to expedite the review of treatments, diagnostics, and vaccines for AIDS a...
The development of a safe and effective vaccine against infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is of paramount importance to the preventi...
The discovery of effective therapies for HIV requires a fundamental knowledge of retroviral infections. Research by the Public Health Service and coll...
State health agencies have assumed a leadership role in responding to the major public health issues raised by the AIDS epidemic. Directors of State h...
In 1985 the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences devoted its annual meeting to an exploration of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AI...
Since the identification of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in 1981 as a distinct disease entity, the number of AIDS cases has steadily incr...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has taken a leadership role in assisting health care providers in dealing effectively with the challenges of A...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), one of the seven agencies of the Public Health Service, is working to meet some of the resour...
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is estimated to have infected more than a million people in the United States and millions more in other countr...
A comprehensive, multifaceted approach to HIV surveillance is needed to provide the information necessary for public health management and policy. Bec...
Because of the variety of needs engendered by AIDS, a broadbased response to the epidemic is warranted. The traditional medical model, with its emphas...
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the world total of AIDS cases will reach 300,000 by the end of 1988 and 500,000 to 3 million over t...
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