IULH100%INDYVAX.BITNET@oac.ucla.edu (06/28/90)
>Can anyone out there give me some basic data on reported Aids cases in Japan >and the rest of Asia. If so would you please provide the numbers of HIV and >Aids in these countries and specific regions if possible. Thanks I have a book you might be interested in: _AIDS and the Third World_ by the Panos Institute (published in association with the Norwegian Red Cross) Philadelphia, PA: New Society Publishers, 1989 It has an appendix, giving the "global picture" of HIV. The reported number of AIDS cases at June 1988 are: Japan--66; Thailand--12; Philippines--13. All the rest of the Asian countries report ten or fewer cases. The reported number of HIV+ for those three countries are: Japan--1038; Philippines--[the book has typos; this is an exact quote, for what it's worth:] "61/60,0000 tests (0.1%)" Thailand --"To October 1987: 69/2,656 (2.6%) male sex workers, 7/12,873 (0.05%) female sex workers, 6/44,741 (0.01%) blood donors, 78/15,877 (0.5%) prosoners, 6/711 (0.8%) drug addicts [_Nation_, Bangkok, 6 December 1987]." If you can't find this book, send me your snail-mail address, and I'll xerox the pertinent pages. --kelly Kelly C.M-H. Keany iulh100@indyvax.iupui.edu iulh100@indyvax.bitnet