Publications - Released in 1997
The HIV and AIDS pandemic has created impact on societies like no other past disease. The virus knows no social, ethnic, gender, economic or cultural boundaries. It has caused devastation in many countries in the world, particularly where poverty, crowding and poor human and economic development have provided an ideal environment for the virus to take hold and for AIDS to develop. AIDS is now one of the endemic diseases of the majority of sub-Saharan African countries and is spreading rapidly throughout South-East and South Asia.
This document will be presented for endorsement to the governing body of SPC, the South Pacific Conference, as an indication of support for a coordinated, collaborative and appropriate response to HIV/AIDS and STD in the Pacific Islands countries and territories. However, the strategy is only useful if the information is used to guide activities.