Status of AIDS in Japan and Abroad and AIDS Prevention Campaign in Japan.

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  • Yamagata Soroku
    Excutive Director, Japanese Foundation for AIDS Prevention, Terayama Pacific Bldg.

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  • エイズの現状と予防キャンペーン

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The number of AIDS patients and HIV-infected persons worldwide is increasing. By country the largest number is in the U. S. A. followed by African countries. Among European countries it is striking that the number in the U. K. is small. In Asian countries, the invasion of HIV was late so that the number is still small, but WHO estimates that the number will increase rapidly and surpass that in African countries in time.<br>In Japan 62% of the patients were infected through the use of blood products, 19% by heterosexual contact and 6.7% by homosexual contact. The difference, therefore, is great.<br>The government has implemented an AIDS Stop Action Plan aimed at preventing the spread of the infection, and is developing comprehensive and concentrated anti-AIDS measures. The Japanese Foundation for AIDS Prevention is also carrying out various undertakings around the education and dissemination of correct knowledge about AIDS and, in particular, is energetically conducting training courses in AIDS counselling for medical workers.

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