We need to intervene effectively in the AIDS epidemic. In any other place, this would be considered a health emergency. Eaton hypothesises that the heterosexual spread of AIDS in Africa is so severe because genital lesions are epidemic there. These lesions are breaks in the skin where HIV can enter the bloodstream and infect the sex partner. We are moving towards Africa's situation of pandemic genital lesions.
Needle exchange is cheap and effective.
We have experience and data. Eaton, C., lecture, Drugs and Society Seminar Columbia University New York 27 April 1989. Inc. New York October 1989. Eaton, C., panelist, Drug Retorm Conference City College City University of New York 2 December 1989. Mahoney, K., et al.