WHO Meeting Targets AIDS, Other Issues

The AIDS pandemic and access to care for those infected with HIV was a major focus of the 57th World Health Assembly, which met in May, which also considered issues such as the growing problem of obesity and diet-related diseases. Among other issues under consideration during the assembly was the po...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2004-07, Vol.292 (1), p.27-28
Main Author: Banta, H David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - epidemiology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - prevention & control
AIDS
Disease
Global Health
Health care access
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Medical treatment
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - epidemiology
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - prevention & control
Mycobacterium ulcerans
Obesity
World Health Organization
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Summary:The AIDS pandemic and access to care for those infected with HIV was a major focus of the 57th World Health Assembly, which met in May, which also considered issues such as the growing problem of obesity and diet-related diseases. Among other issues under consideration during the assembly was the possibility of worldwide eradication of poliomyelitis and dracunculiasis, or guinea-worm disease, within two years.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.292.1.27