Epidemiologist Roger Detels and four doctors from Southeast Asia discuss the status of the disease and control programs in key countries of the region.
By Leslie Evans
[HIV and AIDS remain at critical epidemic levels in some of the world's most populous countries, five specialists told a UCLA audience. But despite a general inability to supply patients with the kinds of drugs generally available in the United States, infection rates are going down rather than up in three of the four countries discussed. All four of the countries in the discussion below use HIV sentinel surveillance, periodic spot checking of a fixed size sample of selected risk groups in the population.
[UCLA epidemiologist Roger Detels and four of his graduate students, all doctors in their own right with experience in the HIV/AIDS control programs in their home countries, addressed a well-attended colloquium sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies in Bunche Hall April 23. The presenters, in addition to Dr. Detels, were Dr. Aye Myat Soe of Myanmar, Dr. Nhu To Nguyen of Vietnam, Dr. Chhorvann Chhea of Cambodia, and Dr. Warunee Punpanich of Thailand.
By Leslie Evans
[HIV and AIDS remain at critical epidemic levels in some of the world's most populous countries, five specialists told a UCLA audience. But despite a general inability to supply patients with the kinds of drugs generally available in the United States, infection rates are going down rather than up in three of the four countries discussed. All four of the countries in the discussion below use HIV sentinel surveillance, periodic spot checking of a fixed size sample of selected risk groups in the population.
[UCLA epidemiologist Roger Detels and four of his graduate students, all doctors in their own right with experience in the HIV/AIDS control programs in their home countries, addressed a well-attended colloquium sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies in Bunche Hall April 23. The presenters, in addition to Dr. Detels, were Dr. Aye Myat Soe of Myanmar, Dr. Nhu To Nguyen of Vietnam, Dr. Chhorvann Chhea of Cambodia, and Dr. Warunee Punpanich of Thailand.
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