AIDS in the global village: why US physicians should care about HIV outside the United States
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US health care professionals should be concerned with the spread of the HIV in other countries despite the decreasing rate of HIV infection in the US. Approximately 75% of the HIV-infected individuals in the world live in developing countries, and the spread of HIV infection is increasing among heterosexuals in these nations. Many individuals in these countries have not adopted safe sexual behavior. During the early 1980s, US health care professionals thought that only homosexual men could develop HIV infection. The infection spread to other parts of the US population as the epidemic progressed, but rate of infection among heterosexuals has been lower than expected. The HIV epidemic has spread to the heterosexual population in different African countries and Thailand. Travel to different countries can increase the rate of HIV infection among the heterosexual population. The care and treatment of HIV-infected individuals is also having an economic impact throughout the world.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1992
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Poor Nations Ravaged by AIDS Need the Right Resources Now
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Researchers discussed the impact of HIV infection and AIDS on developing countries at the Third International Conference on Healthcare Resource Allocation for HIV/AIDS and Other Life-Threatening Illnesses. HIV patients in developed countries can benefit from drugs that lower viral levels in the blood. However, these drugs are expensive and are out of reach for most poor people. In addition, developing countries have the highest rates of HIV infection. In 1997, UNAIDS negotiated discounts on AIDS drugs for patients in Uganda, Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, and Vietnam. Preventive efforts are needed, including an effective vaccine.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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The Global HIV and AIDS Epidemic, 2001
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The impact of HIV infection and AIDS on Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Europe, the US, Latin America and the Caribbean is described. About 36 million people are infected and 20 million have died since the epidemic began.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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