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World AIDS Conference 1998: Bridging the Gap.


 From June 29 to July 3, 1998, the biannual World AIDS Conference with the theme, ¿Bridging the Gap¿ convened in Geneva to discuss issues concerning HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and human rights. Other important issues highlighted in the conference included the socioeconomic and development impact and responses of HIV/AIDS; the impact of AIDS on children, home care, and the specific needs and dilemmas facing diverse vulnerable groups. It is noted that the focus of prevention took, in some respect, a predictable course. Strategies proven to make important contributions to prevention include: sex education among young people, needle exchange and other harm-reduction measures for intravenous drug users, peer education in all vulnerable groups, male and female condom promotion, short-course zidovudine/azidothymidine treatment to prevent mother-to-child transmission, avoidance of breast-feeding, and vaccine development. On the other hand, the predominant focus on treatment discussed in the conference was the advances in antiretroviral therapy. The conference ended with a mix of hope and frustration, that despite a wealth of coverage of new treatments, prevention strategies, and partial successes, major gaps still remain. The conference emphasized that to contain HIV/AIDS, effective prevention and care should be promoted in close collaboration with all government and nongovernmental working groups.
