The AIDS virus swept across the world, silently, before we even knew it existed. The
worldwide epidemic was well under way by 1981, when AIDS was first recognised and was …

(AIDS) was first recognised in 1981, it appeared that the disease was limited to a single
country and to a single risk group. In fact, even in 1981 this was not true. Now, as a result of …

It is now sev-en full years since AIDS was first recognised. At that time-1981-no. ___WH __
O_I_O_M_S_-'one could have predicted that infection with the AIDS virus would become a …

Today, we all know that AIDS is a worldwide problem. The chronicle of global AIDS-the
uncovering of its intercontinental scope-has required several years of field research and …

" A global problem--a global response. AIDS has become a great and powerful symbol for a
world threatened by its divisions, East and West, North and South. In a deep and remarkable …

An eslimoted 8.4 million coses hove occurred since the slort of the epidemic ond over 22
million people, induding 800 000 children, ore todoy infected with the virus. But whol exocily …

The AIDS pandemic has not been brought under control in any community or nation as its
impact continues to worsen. The program-based strategy developed in the mid-1980s was …

The AIDS epidemic is a global phenomenon with significant social, economic, demographic,
legislative and political implications, and crucial practical and ethical concerns for civil rights …

F aced with an unprecedented epidemie, the world community took an unprecedented step
on 1 December 1994-World AIDS Day. Heads of government and their representatives from …

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS epidemic merits its designation as a
pandemic: AIDS cases are reported to the World Health Organization from 163 countries …