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  • Title: Latin American conference increases AIDS awareness.
    Author: Kendall S.
    Journal: AIDS Watch; 1988; (1):4-5. PubMed ID: 12280818.
    Abstract:
    A recent conference on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the Americas, held in Quito, Ecuador, and organized by PAHO, showed that most governments have accepted the gravity of the situation and the need for action in Latin America and the Caribbean. The conference supplied up-to-date information for scientists, health workers and policy markers, as well as helping to educate the general public, and it allowed people from all over the region to ask questions on research, drugs, health care, and related subjects. The AIDS pattern in the region appears similar to the 1st stage in developed countries, involving a high % of homosexual and bisexual men. Few female cases have been reported in Latin American nations, but in the Caribbean, where AIDS prevalence is much higher, more women are affected. Blood transfusions are a major source of infection in Latin America, and most countries do not have the equipment or organization needed to test all donors. Overall, Latin American data are still far too fragmentary for accurate forecasting, but 1 indicator at least shows that people are heeding educational efforts: condom sales in Brazil increased by nearly 50% during 1986, while street sellers in Bogota say AIDS has done wonders for their condom business.
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