Sunday, June 23, 2002

U.N. Finds AIDS Knowledge Still Lags in Stricken Nations
In recent years, disagreements have risen between experts who argue for greater emphasis on prevention and education, and others who emphasize cheaper treatments and more money for vaccine research.

"The world has enough money to do all those things," said Siddharth Dube, a health policy expert and the author of "Sex, Lies and AIDS" (HarperCollins 2001), a book critical of the Indian government's response to AIDS. India has the second-largest number of H.I.V. infected people in the world, after South Africa.

"If you begin with the assumption that world leaders are really serious about stopping this epidemic, then all three things — prevention, treatment and vaccines — are imperative," said Mr. Dube, who works for Unicef, the United Nations Children's Fund. "But there isn't the slightest doubt that a great deal needs to be done on prevention and on getting adults and young people everywhere fully equipped with the detailed information that is the first step toward making safer choices."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/23/international/23AIDS.html

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