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To: Poet who wrote (4876)	6/28/2001 10:13:39 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 6089

Before the session, controversy erupted over treatment versus prevention, with each side arguing that one should not be subordinate to the other. The document accepted today ties the two strategies together outlining the desired world response to AIDS, but it calls for "acknowledging that prevention of H.I.V. infection must be the mainstay of the nation, regional and international response to the epidemic." The "false debate" about the two strategies is over, Dr. Piot said. I hope they're serious about focusing on prevention. The saddest thing about AIDS is that it is virtually 100% preventable. It's not like the the Spanish flu where infection during an epidemic is more or less random and unavoidable. I wouldn't spend a dime of UN money on treatment other than pain relief until all reasonable options for prevention were fully funded. Karen

To: Poet who wrote (4876)	6/28/2001 12:41:31 PM
From: coug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

Thanks Poet, For posting the article WRT the UN redefining their stance on AIDS.. Hopefully, continued UN reporting of the devastation AIDS is causing on the African continent will "trickle down" to our nation's society and leadership so that we can finally take a proactive "no strings attached" approach at all levels from treatment to prevention. It is a moral outrage, that "US" as the richest nation in the world has purposefully ignored what is happening in Africa on an official level.. But fortunately, not on an individual level. Our neighbor, a single woman, a nurse, until recently the head of nursing at one of the local hospital's cardiac unit, quit her job and traveled to East Africa to volunteer her services at an orphanage.. To treat the children that were mostly orphaned by this terrible disease.. This wonderful, beautiful woman told us before she left, she was broke, living off her 401K but she had to go.. It is heart warming to know there are a "lot of good" people out there doing a "lot of good".. And living above the X axis. :).. Because of what she done, we are rethinking our future travel plans.. We travel mostly for fun and to observe.. We better start adding the word, "help" and make it trips. (no pun :).. take care, m