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======================================================== SEA-AIDSFLASH Number Thirteen - 16 August 1996 The bi-weekly electronic news digest on HIV and AIDS in the South East Asia Region (Subscriber total today: 514) ________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS - Media coverage of the HIV/AIDS from the region/Vancouver - 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 MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE VANCOUVER CONFERENCE The past two weeks headlines from or concerning the SE Asia region (news 21.txt;13.1Kb): - Burma Headed for Health Crisis--UK Rights Group - HIV, AIDS Cases Increase in Malaysia - Think Fungus in HIV-Infection - Japanese AIDS Expert Files Law Suits for Damages - TB Returns With A Vengeance - Indonesia Gives 1.44 Million Condoms to Cambodia - AIDS Cases Increase Rapidly in India - Cambodia-Health: AIDS May Prove as Devastating As [the Reign of the Khmer Rouge] - Global Burden of the HIV Pandemic - Cost-Effectiveness of Short-Course Zidovudine to Prevent Perinatal HIV Type 1 Infection - Dramatic drop found in Aids infection rate [Thailand] - Changes in sexual behaviour and a decline in HIV infection among young men in Thailand (abstract from New Engl J Med 1996;335:297-303.) 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): List of generic and proprietry names of drugs used in HIV therapy (care24.txt; 3.0Kb) One World, One Hope?: The Vancouver AIDS Conference by Michael L. Tan, Health Action Information Network, The Philippines (conf21.txt; 10.5Kb) Can mandatory HIV testing stop the AIDS epidemic? Taken from the Internet Home Page of the Malaysia AIDS Council (test1.txt; 23.5Kb) Home HIV Screening Debate XI International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver, Canada, July 8, 1996 (test2.txt; 60.0Kb) [This file contains the transcript of the debate session] Where Are the Children? Thai family planning may be too successful Asiaweek August 12 (news22.txt; 5.4Kb) ICASO UPDATE - July 1996 Special Edition Newsletter (nlett2.txt; 46.4Kb) Issue No. 7. Contents Discriminatory Policies Perpetuate Stigma of AIDS . For Many Women Living in the Age of AIDS, Basic Human Rights Don't Exist . One World Living With Many Experiences of AIDS . At What Cost? The World Bank and the Changing Role of NG0s in the Fight Against AIDS in Brazil Impact of Paris AIDS Summit Declaration Mixed . ICASO Won't Be Co-Sponsor of Next International AIDS Conference . Strategies and Plans Discussed at Ottawa Meeting . International Connections . Countries with HIV-Related Entry Restrictions - April 1996 Malaysian AIDS Charter (plpub13.txt; 11.0Kb) Taken from the Internet Homepage of the Malaysian AIDS Council Economic Growth and Equitable Human Development: The Launch of the 1996 Human Development Report Statement by Mr. James Gustave Speth, Adminstrator, UNDP, 16 July 1996 (plun37.txt; 17.2Kb) HIV/AIDS sets back human development by yaears in some countries (plun38.txt; 2.7Kb) (Press release from UNDP to coincide with the launch of the 1996 Human Development Report HIV and Infant Feeding: An Interim Statement by UNAIDS August 1996 (plun39.txt; 7.1Kb) Acceptable Risks? Harm Reduction and the 'war on drugs' Nick Crofts and Alex Wodak (pvblo3.txt; 7.7Kb) Contradictory Strategies: HIV and Drugs (pvblo4.txt; 10.5Kb) By Dave Burrows of the Australoian Federation of AIDS Organizations Taken From National AIDS Bulletin (volume 10, 1996) Filipino Concepts of Illness (stmis1.txt; 1.6Kb) Taken from a recent issue of Health Alert, from the Health Action Information Network FORTHCOMING EVENTS, MEETINGS AND TRAINING Prevention 97 Conference: Science, Technology, and Practice Prevention 97, the 14th annual national preventive medicine meeting, will be sponsored by the American College of Preventive Medicine and the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine in collaboration with CDC and other national health agencies in Atlanta, March 20-23, 1997. The conference will explore current science, technology, and practice for preventive medicine in the health-care system. Information about registration and submission of abstracts is available from the Meetings Manager, Prevention 97, 1660 L Street, N.W., Suite 206, Washington, DC, 20036-5603; telephone (202) 466-2569. October 3-5, 2nd International Conference on Health and Human Rights sponsored by the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human rights, Harvard School of Public Health tel: 617-496-4392 fax: 617-496-4380; e-mail: fxbcenter@igc.apc.org The caregivers' email exchange list is for support in the pressures and problems that come along with giving care to people with AIDS, and in the difficult times that come after a death, and in the cumulative grief that may build up after more than one death. It is a place of light and hope, in a situation that calls for emotional strength and optimism that is both positive and realistic. To subscribe, send a message to beng@itsa.ucsf.edu and be sure to include your full name, to the undersigned. The identities of members will not be revealed under any circumstances. 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 SHOULD 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 Filipino Concepts of Illness (stmis1.txt; 1.6Kb) - the number shows the size of the file (1.6 kilobytes in this case), and the filename first shows the name of the drawer (in this instance 'stmis') and then gives the file number (for this file it is 1). 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/stmis/stmis1.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 Please let us know if you have any retrieval problems. 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