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============================================================= SEA-AIDSFLASH Number Ten - 18 June 1996 The bi-weekly electronic news digest on HIV and AIDS for the South East Asia Region (Subscriber total today: 380) ______________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS - Safe sex & Vaccine development - New information and resources available in SEA-AIDSFiles - Forthcoming events, meetings and training in the SE Asia region - How to retrieve materials from SEA-AIDSFiles SAFE SEX AND VACCINE DEVELOPMENT The theme of this issue of AIDSFlash is shared between these two important areas. Information including state-of-the-art summaries on condom efficacy and rates of HIV transmission through oral sex, as well as practical tools like a glossary of vaccine development terminology, have recently been added to the AIDSFiles archives. NEW INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN SEA-AIDSFILES The following information/materials have recently been added to the SEA-AIDSFiles archives (see below for retrieval instructions): Condoms and HIV/STD Prevention: Clarifying the Message Commentary was written by CDC's Drs. William L. Roper, Herbert B Peterson, and James W. Curran.). Two issues generally surface in the debate over advocating condom use in the prevention of HIV infection: One concerns the concepts of efficacy and effectiveness, the other the fear that making condoms available will encourage early sexual activity among adolescents and extramarital sex among adults (pvsex5.txt; 14.1Kb). Facts about..... The Role of Condoms in Preventing HIV Infection and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (pvsex6.txt; 5.1Kb). How often do condoms break or slip off in use? How effective are they as a barrier to HIV? This document is a collection of abstracts from papers published in this area. (pvsex9.txt; 9.4Kb) Is oral sex safe? Compiled by Chuck Polisher from a variety of sources, this document summarizes the results of literature searches and requests to information services available (pvsex7.txt; 15.2Kb). HIV Infection and AIDS: Are You At Risk? This is a short leaflet, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which aims to increase awareness about personal risk of HIV infection (pvsex8.txt; 10.4Kb). Clinical Research on HIV/AIDS Vaccines - a review of global progress to date (care19.txt; 10.1Kb). Challenges in Designing HIV Vaccines - what are the obstacles to an ideal vaccine? (care20.txt; 15.7Kb). (Each of these papers have been prepared by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases). HIV vaccine glossary. From adjuvant to virion this eight-page glossary provides brief explanations of the words and terms used in this field (care18.txt; 16.7Kb). Proteases, Protease Inhibitors, and HIV - A Background Briefing by Dennis Blakeslee, PhD (Care17.txt; 12.3Kb). A Selection of HIV/AIDS-related Ethical Principles. Posted to the Internet by an anonymous author (ethic1.txt; 8.9Kb). World AIDS Day 1996: "One World. One Hope." - a brief introduction to this years theme (plun29.txt; 4.2Kb). NGO/World Bank Dialogue for Development Report of the largest meeting ever held between non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from across Asia and the World Bank, in April 1996 (plun31.txt; 3.0Kb). UNDP HIV-Related language policy Because language and the images it evokes shape and influence behaviour and attitudes, UNDP have compiled this outline of HIV-related language policy (plun32.txt; 3.5Kb). UNFPA Asia and the Pacific HIV/AIDS Prevention Activities in 1995 Taken from: AIDS Update 1995: A Report on UNFPA Support for HIV/AIDS Prevention. New York: UNFPA, 1996 (plun33.txt; 2.7Kb) Declaration of Principles of Tolerance In November 1995, the Member States of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization formulated this declaration during the twenty-eighth session of the General Conference in Paris (plun34.txt; 7.7Kb). FORTHCOMING EVENTS, MEETINGS AND TRAINING IN THE SE ASIA REGION WHO Office of AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases STD Case Management Course. The objective of this course is to fill an important gap in STD control: the training of health personnel in STD care. It is intended for health personnel whose normal duties include first level diagnosis and treatment of patients in general those who work as outreach health care providers, as counselors or as educators at health care facilities or in the community. The course can be utilized as either: - an organized course, with a facilitator and a group of participants (average duration four days) - as self-learning material, individually or in the form of distance learning materials. The course is now available in English and will soon be available in French, Spanish and Portuguese. For further information contact Dr. Antonio Carlos Gerbase, Office of HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva. E-mail: gerbasea@who.ch (or retrieve file plun30.txt using the procedure below). IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY, WHY NOT send sea-aids details of forthcoming events and activities in the region. This might include meetings, seminars, forthcoming study tours, training opportunities or electronic events. Details should be sent to: tfran@mozart.inet.co.th INSTRUCTIONS FOR RETRIEVING FILES [YOU COULD PRINT THIS SECTION FOR FUTURE REFERENCE] The materials mentioned above are stored in a computer. The computer is like an electronic filing cabinet - it has drawers and files. You have to tell it which drawer to open and which file to select. Following each of the document descriptions above there is a number and a file name given in brackets . So for example, if you want to retrieve the document on condom efficacy above the brackets say (pvsex5.txt; 14.1Kb). The number shows the size of the file (14.1 kilobytes in this case), and the filename first shows the name of the drawer (in this instance 'pvsex') and then gives the file number (for this file it is 5). To obtain a copy of this document you send an e-mail to: ftpmail@inet.co.th with the following in the text of the message: open get /pub/sea-aids/pvsex/pvsex5.txt Other files can be retrieved using the same general format for your message. For example: open get /pub/sea-aids/drawername/filename Because these requests are answered automatically by computer, you must be very careful to copy the format of the message carefully (including spaces and slashes). If you would like further instructions for retrieving files in this way, send an e-mail to: majordomo@lists.inet.co.th with the following in the text of the message: get sea-aids retrev.idx For a list of all the materials available in the archives send an e-mail to the same address with the following in the text of your message: get sea-aids listing.idx If you would like a list of the subject areas used for classification of materials send the following message: get sea-aids categ.idx FEEDBACK PLEASE! 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