Document 2296
 DOCN  M94A2296
 TI    HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (Tb) and public health practice in Canada.
 DT    9412
 AU    de Burger R; AIDS Program Canadian Public Health Assoc., Ottawa, ON.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):336 (abstract no. PC0277). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370279
 AB    Until the middle of the 1980's there was considerable optimism that Tb
       could be eradicated in Canada as incidence and prevalence rates had been
       declining to that point. In many public health quarters Tb was being
       viewed as a disease that could not only be controlled but eliminated.
       Currently there is a slow but steady resurgence of Tb in Canada
       coincident with the growth of HIV/AIDS and a changing immigration
       pattern which has seen more persons from endemic Tb areas settle in
       Canada. both as immigrants and refugees. In May 1993, Health Canada
       convened a meeting in Toronto Canada to review issues, perceptions,
       scientific information and concerns about the dual infection of HIV and
       Tb. In March 1994, the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) in
       collaboration with Health Canada convened an invitational workshop to
       review professional practice and policy required to address the dual
       infection of HIV/Tb and the issue of multi-drug resistant Tb. AIDS and
       Tb coordinators from Canada's provinces, territories and the federal
       government met with representatives from national health professional
       associations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Recommendations
       from the workshop were disseminated to the governments, health
       professional associations, community based organizations and national
       NGOs in Canada to form the basis for policy and practice guideline
       reviews and amendments as appropriate. The CPHA workshop and its
       subsequent activity is concurrent with a national community based
       organization review of similar issues and their impact on the infected
       and affected communities. It is planned to have a third event in this
       review continuum, an invitational conference to bring the process to
       completion.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION &
       CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  AIDS-Related Opportunistic
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION &  CONTROL/TRANSMISSION
       Canada/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Forecasting  Health Policy/TRENDS  Human  HIV
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  HIV
       Seroprevalence/TRENDS  Public Health/*TRENDS  Tuberculosis,
       Pulmonary/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/  TRANSMISSION  MEETING
       ABSTRACT

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