From: ocic@web.apc.org
Newsgroups: hiv.aidsweekly
Date: 20 Jul 92 18:01 PDT
Subject: AIDS CONFERENCE IN CUBA
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Nf-From: web.UUCP!ocic    Jul 20 18:01:00 1992


LEARN ABOUT CUBAN AIDS PROGRAM --IN CUBA! 
  
Cuba has the most controversial program for preventing and  
controlling AIDS in the world today. The Cuban program is the  
world's most restrictive -- and most effective.  
  
The restriction: Cuban's who test positive for the HIV virus are  
not, in general, allowed to live or even travel freely around the  
island until they have demonstrated to a board of doctors and  
psychologists that they have fully understood and accepted their  
responsibility for not passing the disease on to anyone else.   
  
The effectiveness: To date, only 68 Cubans have died of AIDS out of  
a population of ten million. Massive testig has so far detected only 
772 people positive for the HIV antibodies. Hemophiliacs and  
newborns, devastated by the disease in other countries, have escaped  
almost completely untouched in Cuba (2 hemophiliacs, 4 children HIV  
positive so far).  
  
The debate over the social-ethical question of restricting persons  
with HIV infection as a measure to halt the spread of the disease  
has all but obscured the medical and scientific achievements in this  
area, to the detriment of all concerned. Now for the first time  
doctors, nurses, researchers, other health professionals and AIDS  
activists will have a chance to study in depth the Cuban experience  
with the AIDS virus, and exchange experiences and opinions with  
their Cuban counterparts. 
  
The Cuban AIDS Sanitorium in Santiago de las Vegas, the Institute  
for Tropical Medicine and the Cuban Ministry of Public Health are  
sponsorinng a two-day seminar October 30-31, 1992 to look at AIDS in  
Cuba. They are hoping for a "free exchange of experiences in dealing  
with the HIV infection and AIDS" in a round-table format. 
  
The seminar, held in Spanish and English, will focus discussion on  
the following topics: 
  
--Epidemiology of HIV ifection. 
--Psychological aspects of people with AIDS and HIV. 
--Clinical, Surgical and Pathological aspects of persons with HIV. 
--Lab research related to HIV infection. 
--Pyschiatry and Neurophysiology of persons with HIV and AIDS. 
--The role of nurses in the care of patients with HIV infections and   
  AIDS. 
--Health education and prevention of HIV infection. 
--The Cuban experience in the intra-sanitorial treatment of HIV  
  infected and AIDS patients. 
--Law and AIDS. 
  
Pre-Registration will be accepted until August 31, 1992. 
  
Fees: US $250.00 covers all sessions, certificate of participation,  
souvenirs and credentials. Checks and credit cards must be drawn on  
a non-US bank due to US Treasury Dept. restrictions. 
  
Accomodations: Delegates can choose between the Hotel BioCaribe and  
the hotel on the grounds of the Institute for Tropical Medicine,  
where the seminar will be held. They both have full services for  
guests. The BioCaribe has a swimming pool. 
  
Cost per night, per room, is: 
  
BioCaribe: 
Single Room....US $46.00 
Double Room....US $60.00 
  
Institute for Tropical Medicine: 
Single Room....US $15.00 
Double Room....US $25.00 
  
To register, fill out the following form: 
  
NAME: 
Address: 
Phone:               Fax:                Telex: 
Email: 
Institution: 
Profession: 
Field: 
  
Send to: 
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri 
Aptdo 601, zona postal Marianao 13 
Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba 
(allow up to 6 weeks for mail from US) 
  
telex: CU-IPK 511902, 512341 
fax: 537 215957 
E-mail: infosida%tinored@web.apc.org