Report on the Fifth International Conference on AIDS, where 12,000 doctors, researchers, nurses and others from 87 countries address the many challenges posed by AIDS. The issues include: the worldwide scientific challenge, its social implications, health care, policy making, and the role of AIDS activists in shaping the response to the epidemic.
r.1. Overview of the conference, and brief discussions of the social, cultural, economic, and political dimensions of the AIDS epidemic. Includes a look at its impact on developing nations and women (28 min.) -- r.2. Examines the specific social challenge presented by AIDS in developing societies. Explores the changing face of the epidemic, and its increasing concentration in poor and minority communities. Also addresses the controversies surrounding testing and policy directions, as well as a dialogue on sexuality and safer sex.
r.1. Overview of the conference, and brief discussions of the social, cultural, economic, and political dimensions of the AIDS epidemic. Includes a look at its impact on developing nations and women (28 min.) -- r.2. Examines the specific social challenge presented by AIDS in developing societies. Explores the changing face of the epidemic, and its increasing concentration in poor and minority communities. Also addresses the controversies surrounding testing and policy directions, as well as a dialogue on sexuality and safer sex.
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