From queerplanet-owner Sat Aug 12 21:08:24 1995 Received: (from root@localhost) by abacus.oxy.edu (8.6.10/8.6.11) id VAA06471 for queerplanet-outgoing; Sat, 12 Aug 1995 21:07:36 -0700 Received: from columba.udac.uu.se (columba.UDAC.UU.SE [130.238.4.133]) by abacus.oxy.edu (8.6.10/8.6.11) with SMTP id VAA06466 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 1995 21:07:31 -0700 Received: from strix.UDAC.UU.SE by columba.udac.uu.se with SMTP id AA41250 (5.67b/IDA-1.4.4 for queerplanet@abacus.oxy.edu); Sun, 13 Aug 1995 06:07:42 +0200 Received: by strix.udac.uu.se (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA22916; Sun, 13 Aug 1995 05:59:56 +0200 Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 05:59:56 +0200 (MSZ) From: Bj|rn Skolander To: QueerPlanet ML Subject: Guatemala: First Steps to Battle Aids Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: queerplanet-owner@abacus.oxy.edu Precedence: bulk Content-Length: 1315 X-Lines: 30 Status: RO Government Takes First Steps to Battle AIDS Guatemala City, August 8. Congress has named a committee to prioritize the battle against AIDS in Guatemala. The first case of AIDS was identified a decade ago but until now no government policy has been established to combat the syndrome, legislators said. "First we will declare as a matter of national urgency, information and education for the prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)," said legislator Rafael Barrios Flores, who added the committee would work with educators, nongovernmental organizations, the State Public Relations Office, and the Defense and Interior Ministries to inform the nation about AIDS prevention. As of December 1994, 1,446 known cases of AIDS existed in Guatemala and of these, 229 people had died from the syndrome, according to the Regional AIDS Program of the World Health Organization. The Guatemalan Health Ministry predicts 40 to 80 thousand cases by the year 2000. SOURCE: CERIGUA WEEKLY BRIEFS! ****************************************************************************** To send a message to the entire list "queerplanet", email queerplanet@abacus.oxy.edu This list is run by the program MAJORDOMO@abacus.oxy.edu. *******************************************************************************