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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1987-

THIS TODAY

(WEDNESDAY), ANNOUNCING

FOR A SPOKESMAN

THE TO ALL DEPARTMENT SAID THE OBJECTIVE OF DISSEMINATING THIS MONOGRAPH

THEIR ASSISTANCE IN DOCTORS AND DENTISTS IN HONG KONG WAS TO ENLIST THE BATTLE AGAINST AIDS.

IN

THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HAD AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY

AIDS AND ASSIST THAT THEY COULD HELP TO DISPEL MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT

BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION OF IN THE HEALTH EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND HIGH RISK GROUPS, HE SAID.

ALSO ONE OF THE THREE MAIN HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WERE TARGET GROUPS ON THE HEALTH EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME ON AIDS, HE NOTED.

THE PUBLICATION OF THIS SPECIAL MONOGRAPH FOR DOCTORS AND DENTISTS WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF AND PUBLICITY COMMITTEE ON AIDS.

DISTRIBUTION ΤΟ THE EDUCATION

CARE PROFESSIONALS INCLUDE AND PROVISION OF

HEALTH OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ORGANISING OF LECTURES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS SUCH AS PAMPHLETS, SLIDES AND VIDEOS.

THE

MONOGRAPH,

PROVIDING STATUS

A

BRIEF REVIEW AND OF AIDS, ALSO GIVES AIDS, ITS CLINICAL INFECTED HIV PREVENTION, CONTROL

APART FROM ON THE CURRENT UP-DATED INFORMATION COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF

THE ASSESSMENT MANIFESTATIONS,

OR OF SUSPECTED INDIVIDUALS, COUNSELLING SERVICE, AND METHODS OF AND TREATMENT.

DOCTORS ARE ALSO

INFORMED

OF THE

OF IMPORTANCE

NOTIFYING DEPARTMENT ON A

VOLUNTARILY CASES OF AIDS TO THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH CONFIDENTIAL AND ANONYMOUS BASIS.

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS WHO WISH TO ENQUIRE FOR AN EXTRA COPY THE MONOGRAPH 'INFORMATION ON AIDS FOR DOCTORS AND DENTISTS' MAY THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT ON 5-721324.

OF CALL

ANTI-LITTER DRIVE IN COUNTRY PARKS PAYS OFF

THE

VIGOROUS ANTI-LITTER DRIVE LAUNCHED TWO WEEKS AGO AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HAS PROVED TO BE VERY IN DETECTING LITTER OFFENCES IN COUNTRY PARKS.

BY THE EFFECTIVE

ON

AVERAGE

UP TO LAST SUNDAY (DECEMBER 13), SUMMONSES HAVE BEEN SERVED LITTER OFFENDERS THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN THE BI-WEEKLY OF 37 IN 1986.

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THE OFFENDERS