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World
Bank
Endorses
Needle
Exchange
Funding
11/7/97
A report issued this week by the World Bank outlines the AIDS crisis
in developing and underdeveloped countries and concludes that needle exchange
and condom availability, although politically controversial, should be
funded by the bank, one of the world's largest sources of anti-AIDS funding.
The report notes that needle exchange programs have proven their effectiveness
as a prevention strategy.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the world's highest incidence of HIV and AIDS,
with life expectancies in some countries shortened by "10 or 20 years,"
according to Joseph Stingletz, chief economist at the Bank and a former
advisor to President Clinton. But the report also notes that the virus
may well be on the verge of exploding in parts of China, India, Eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union. The report did not include analysis
of the epidemic in the US or Western Europe.
Richard Feacham, Director of the World Bank's health department said
that the bank was prepared to pay for needle exchange programs if asked
by a government.
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Issue #18, 11/7/97
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