Here is a press release from the Global AIDS Policy Coalition.

 Harvard-Based AIDS Study Sets Stage for Advanced Global Mobilization
 To: National Desk, Medical Writer
 Contact: Hilary Rao of the Global AIDS Policy Coalition,
          617-496-4375

   CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 1   -- "AIDS in the World," the most 
comprehensive report on the global impact of AIDS and the
response to it worldwide, was today issued by the Global AIDS Policy
Coalition, based at Harvard University.
   "AIDS in the World is the first analysis of the global
confrontation with AIDS," said Dr. Jonathan Mann, the book's general
editor, coordinator of the GAPC, and director of the International
AIDS Center of the Harvard AIDS Institute.  "By explaining the basis
of individual and collective vulnerability to the pandemic, AIDS in
the World sets the stage for a revolutionary personal, community and
global approach to AIDS and health."
   Available from Harvard University Press, AIDS in the World was
edited by Mann, Daniel Tarantola, and Thomas Netter and contains
chapters from more than 40 collaborating authors from around the
world.  The 1,000-page publication releases projections of HIV
infection and AIDS cases worldwide; establishes a vulnerability
scale, which assesses those countries most at jeopardy for the spread
of HIV/AIDS; and presents comprehensive information, much of which
has never been assembled before, about the pandemic and the global
response.  Preliminary findings from the report were released in June
1992.
   According to the study, which was funded through a grant arranged
by the Association Francois-Xavier Bagnoud, global efforts to bring
the HIV/AIDS epidemic under control are lagging behind the expanding
pandemic, leaving the world more vulnerable to the spread of HIV.
"This study for the first time looks at both the worldwide impact of
the epidemic and the response to it," said Mann.  "The results show a
clear and dangerous gap between the accelerating epidemic and efforts
against HIV/AIDS around the globe."  The study has identified 57
countries at particularly high risk for the spread of HIV, including
Indonesia, Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria.
   In addition to its new vulnerability assessment, AIDS in the
World explores issues critical to progress against HIV/AIDS,
assembling and analyzing information in a worldwide context for the
first time.
   "Whether we are assessing prevention efforts, the relationship
between AIDS and tuberculosis, research and treatment advances, human
rights issues, or spending on HIV prevention and care, a global
perspective is absolutely crucial," said Mann.  "AIDS in the World
is above all a call to action for global leadership and a global
strategy against AIDS."
   AIDS in the World's international emphasis has been widely praised
by health and AIDS experts worldwide.  Dr. June Osborn, chair of the
National AIDS Commission, has said "AIDS in the World is an
extraordinarily useful resource for anyone concerned about the HIV
pandemic and its ramifications around the globe."  Dr. Mervyn
Silverman, president of the American Foundation for AIDS Research,
called the book "a must read for those concerned about the future of
the global community.  This book's honest analysis presents a
compelling case for a massive world-wide effort to end the pandemic."
Dr. Jonas Salk, head of the Salk Institute and creator of the polio
vaccine, said "This authoritative compilation of valuable information
and understandable concepts is an important source for non-specialist
and specialist alike.  AIDS in the World paints the big picture in
the frame of reference necessary for anticipating what the future has
in store and understanding the urgency of our need to respond,
individually and collectively."
   "AIDS in the World sounds the alarm," said Mann.  "But we have
reason for hope.  The HIV/AIDS epidemic is being fought bravely in
hospital rooms and houses, in service organizations and institutions,
by individuals, communities, societies, and governments.  There is no
more urgent responsibility facing us than to revolutionize our
attitudes and approaches to HIV/AIDS, to build on global knowledge
and experience, and to develop the global strategies for stemming the
AIDS pandemic in the 1990s."
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