"Children Living in a World with AIDS" is the theme designated
by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) for this
year's World AIDS Day, December 1, 1997. World AIDS Day focuses
attention on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) pandemic. Worldwide, an estimated
23 million persons are infected with HIV; of these, approximately
40% are women (1). By the end of 1997, an estimated 1 million
children aged less than 15 years are expected to be infected with
HIV; of these, approximately 90% live in developing countries (1).
In the United States, however, the substantial declines in
perinatally acquired AIDS reflect the success of prevention
interventions and underscore the need to develop effective
strategies to reduce HIV transmission worldwide. In the United
States, activities for World AIDS Day are coordinated by the
American Association for World Health in collaboration with UNAIDS,
the Pan American Health Organization, and the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
Additional information about HIV infection, AIDS, and World
AIDS Day is available from CDC's National AIDS Clearinghouse,
telephone (800) 458-5231 or (301) 519-0023; CDC's National AIDS
Hotline, telephone (800) 342-2437; and CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS
Prevention Home Page on the World-Wide Web,
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/dhap.htm.
Reference
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Children living in
a world with AIDS. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health
Organization,
June 1997.
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| HIV/AIDS -- United States, 1997," on page 1086, the commercial
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