"Time to Act" is the theme selected by the World Health
Organization (WHO) for the sixth annual World AIDS Day, December 1,
1993. This year's theme focuses attention on the need for action
against the pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). WHO
estimates that 13 million men, women, and children worldwide have
been infected with HIV. Each day, an estimated 5000 persons are
newly infected. By the year 2000, 40 million persons could be
infected.
Additional information about HIV infection, AIDS, and World
AIDS Day is available from the CDC National AIDS Hotline (NAH) and
the CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse (NAC). NAH provides information
about HIV/AIDS, refers callers to services in their community, and
places orders for HIV/AIDS publications; NAC distributes materials
and maintains data bases on AIDS service organizations, educational
materials, funding sources, and drug trials. The telephone numbers
for NAH are (800) 342-2437; Spanish, (800) 344-7432; or TTY/TDD,
(800) 243-7889. The telephone number for NAC is (800) 458-5231. *
Single copies of this issue of MMWR will be available free until
November 18, 1994, from NAC, P.O.Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-
6003.
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