PAHO News - July 11, 2002

In this issue:
-PAHO 2003 TRAINING PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL HEALTH: JULY 31 IS THE
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION!
-CELEBRATE WORLD POPULATION DAY JULY 11 WITH THE PAHO ONLINE BOOKSTORE
-PAHO CENTENNIAL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
-YELLOW FEVER IN THE CITIES OF THE AMERICAS
-3 MILLION HIV/AIDS SUFFERERS COULD RECEIVE ANTI-RETROVIRAL THERAPY BY
2005
-12 ESSENTIAL HIV INTERVENTIONS
-ALARMING LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIV/AIDS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
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PAHO 2003 TRAINING PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL HEALTH: JULY 31 IS THE
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION!

Health professionals in the Americas, who have leadership skills as well
as an intense interest in the international dimensions of health, are
invited to apply for the Pan American Health Organization's 17th
Training Program in International Health (TPIH-2003). The training
process involves participants in a work-study format at PAHO for a
period of 11 months starting January 27, 2003.

Canadian residents can request an application form and a complete
information package via electronic mail to the following address:
[log in to unmask] The duly completed application form must be sent
care of: María-Victoría Palacio, CSIH-PAHO Liaison Assistant, Canadian
Society for International Health, One Nicholas Street, Suite 1105,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 7B7. Deadline for submission of applications: July
31, 2002.

For more information, visit:
http://www.paho.org/English/HSP/HSR/pfsiabout.htm.
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CELEBRATE WORLD POPULATION DAY JULY 11 WITH THE PAHO ONLINE BOOKSTORE

On July 11, World Population Day will be celebrated around the world.
This year's theme is "Action Against Poverty: empower, protect,
educate." For this reason the PAHO Online Bookstore is offering, at a
special discounted price, a series of publications related to equity and
health, gender, and women.  Visit the bookstore for deals from July
8-22: http://publications.paho.org.
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PAHO CENTENNIAL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Six public high school students will receive PAHO Centennial
scholarships in honor of the Organization's 100th Anniversary. The
scholarships went to students from Washington, Maryland, and Virginia
schools with high percentages of Hispanic and Caribbean students. Each
winner will receive $2,500 for two consecutive academic years in
college.
http://www.paho.org/English/DPI/pr020705.htm
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YELLOW FEVER IN THE CITIES OF THE AMERICAS

More than six decades ago, the countries of the Americas joined in
efforts to eradicate urban yellow fever. Today PAHO is making new
appeals to keep this epidemic out of urban areas. According to PAHO, all
cases of yellow fever reported in the region since the 1940s have been
the jungle form of this disease, transmitted by Haemagogus mosquitoes.
However, with the rapid spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, there is a
danger that urban yellow fever could return. The seriousness of the
current yellow fever situation in the Americas requires a firm
commitment by countries to a strong, effective strategy to control the
disease. The recommendations of PAHO focus on the prevention of
reurbanization of yellow fever through surveillance, vaccination, and
control of the mosquitoes that spread the disease.
http://www.paho.org/English/DPI/100/100feature26.htm
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3 MILLION HIV/AIDS SUFFERERS COULD RECEIVE ANTI-RETROVIRAL THERAPY BY
2005

At least three million HIV/AIDS sufferers could receive anti-retroviral
therapy by 2005, according to new international guidelines for the
treatment of AIDS in resource-poor settings. This marks a more than
ten-fold increase in the developing world, where nearly six million
people with HIV/AIDS need access to care. Currently, fewer than 5% of
those who require treatment in developing countries can access these
medicines.
http://www.who.int/inf/en/pr-2002-58.html
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12 ESSENTIAL HIV INTERVENTIONS

An expanded global response to the AIDS epidemic based on 12 essential
interventions to reduce HIV transmission could prevent some 29 million
new HIV infections among adults by 2010, according to an article to be
published in The Lancet medical review on July 6.  The 12 prevention
interventions include mass media campaigns; public sector condom
promotion and distribution; condom social marketing; voluntary
counselling and testing programs; prevention of mother-to-child
transmission; school-based programs; programs for out-of-school youth;
workplace programs; treatment of sexually transmitted infections; peer
counselling for sex workers; outreach to men who have sex with men; and
harm reduction programs for injecting drug-users.
http://www.who.int/inf/en/pr-2002-57.html
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ALARMING LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIV/AIDS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE

In an alarming new finding, a United Nations report says the vast
majority of the world's young people have no idea how HIV/AIDS is
transmitted or how to protect themselves from the disease. Yet the study
also shows that adolescence is the time when the majority of people
become sexually active. These trends, which highlight why HIV/AIDS
continues to spread so rapidly, are part of a landmark report, Young
People and HIV/AIDS: Opportunity in Crisis. Produced by UNICEF, UNAIDS
and the World Health Organization, the report is the first comprehensive
look at the behaviour and knowledge relating to HIV/AIDS of young people
aged 15 to 24. It also includes the latest country-by-country HIV
prevalence rates for the age group.  For the full press release, visit:
http://www.who.int/inf/en/pr-2002-56.html.
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