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[A note from SEA-AIDS]

The WHO Western Pacific Regional office based in Manila has prepared a
Special Edition (numbert 10) of the STD/AIDS/HIV Surveillance Report
in recognition of ;

	- the 50th anniversary of WHO, 
	- 1997 World AIDS Day 
	- 4th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific,
held in Manila in October 1997.  

This issue includes a collection of articles that have appeared in
recent editions (7, 8 and 9) of the STD/HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report
published by the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific as well as
two original articles. 

You will find in  this issue  a message from the Regional Director	

and short articles on ; 

- Growing Evidence of the Link Between  STDs and HIV Infection	
- Using Active Surveillance Information  for Public Health Action	
- HIV and AIDS Case Reports:  Trends  in the Western Pacific Region	
- HIV Estimates for the Western Pacific Region: Current Status and
Future Trends
- Estimates of HIV Infection:  What They Can Tell Us?
- Estimates and Projections in HIV/AIDS: Predicting the Future by
Analysing the Past	
- HIV Sentinel Surveillance System in Cambodia:  Results and Analysis
- HIV Sentinel Surveillance System in Cambodia:  Methodology and Lessons
Learned
- The Challenge of Monitoring STD Rates
- STD Prevalence in Three Countries in the Western Pacific Region
- Resistance of Gonococci Specimens to Various Antimicrobials Used in
the Treatment of Gonorrhoea


Paper copy or electronic copy on Word6 can be obtained on request  at; 

World Health Organization
Regional Office of the Western Pacific
STD/AIDS
United Nations Avenue
P.O. Box 2932
1000 Manila 
Philippines

Tel : (632) 528 8001
Fax :(632) 521 1036

email: STD@who.org.ph



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