NO AIDS IN NOVEMBER
MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1987
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THERE WAS NO NEW AIDS CASE OR CARRIER REPORTED IN THE MONTH NOVEMBER, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY).
IN NOVEMBER, 3,335 PEOPLE WERE TESTED BY THE VIRUS UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY AND ALL OF THEM SHOWED NEGATIVE RESULT.
UP TO NOW, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE INFECTED BY THE AIDS VIRUS REMAINS AT 106 WITH NINE OF THEM CONFIRMED TO BE AIDS CASES.
OF THE NINE AIDS PATIENTS ONLY ONE IS STILL ALIVE AND UNDER
TREATMENT.
SINCE THE DEPARTMENT STARTED ITS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME ON AIDS TWO YEARS AGO AS ONE OF ITS MEASURES TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE IN HONG KONG, A TOTAL OF 74,062 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.
THE PROGRAMME COVERS HIGH RISK GROUPS INCLUDING HAEMOPHILIACS, INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSERS AND SEXUALLY PROMISCUOUS PERSONS.
MEANWHILE, THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE ALSO CARRIED OUT TEST FOR THE AIDS ANTIBODY ON 13,621 BLOOD DONORS IN NOVEMBER, AND NONE OF THEM WAS POSITIVE.
THE RED CROSS HAS STARTED A MASS SCREENING PROGRAMME ON ALL DONATED BLOOD SINCE AUGUST 1985 AND UP TO LAST MONTH, 337,897 UNITS OF BLOOD WERE TESTED WITH FIVE SHOWING POSITIVE RESULT.
APART FROM THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME, THE GOVERNMENT HAS SINCE APRIL THIS YEAR INTENSIFIED ITS EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN ON AIDS TO CURB THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE IN HONG KONG.
BEGINNING THIS WEEK, A NEW API { ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST) FOR HIGH RISK GROUPS IS BEING SHOWN ON ALL TELEVISION STATIONS AS PART OF THE NEW PUBLICITY PACKAGE FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
THE MESSAGE OF THE SHORT FILM 19 "AVOID CASUAL SEX",
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THE MEANTIME, A PARENT'S GUIDEBOOK ON AIDS IS BRING FOR DISTRIBUTION THROUGH SCHOOLS. WELFARE AGENCIES AND DISTRICT OFFICES.
PRODUCED
PUBLISHED TO EDUCATE THE LE59
A PICTURE BOOK WILL ALSO BE LITERATE PEOPLE ON THE PREVENTION OF THE DISEASE.
FOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, A SYMPOSIUM ON AIDS WILL RE HELD ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 31 AT THE SHERATON HOTEL.
THE SYMPOSIUM, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND HELD IN HONG KONG, WILL BR CONDUCTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
TWO WELL-KNOWN WORLD AUTHORITIES ON AIDS DR JAY LEVY AND DR PAUL VOLBERDING WILL BE THE MAIN SPEAKERS AT THE SYMPOSIUM.
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THE EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL DOCTORS AT A FEE OF $100. THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED SHOULD CONTACT THE TRAINING SECTION OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, EIGHTH FLOOR, SUNNING PLAZA, HYSAN AVENUE OR CALL TELEPHONE NUMBER 5-8900534.
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