TY - JOUR
T1 - Controlling AIDS in Cuba
AU - Gordon, Antonio M.
AU - Paya, Reinaldo
AU - Healton, Cheryl
AU - Bayer, Ronald
PY - 1989/9/21
Y1 - 1989/9/21
N2 - To the Editor: The Special Report by Bayer and Healton (April 13 issue)1 on the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Cuba raises questions that should be considered in the light of the available information. Indeed, Cuba's approach to AIDS control is unique. It does not emphasize education, it has screened about 4 million persons and plans to screen the entire population of the island, and it has reported a seropositive rate that is comparable to that of Oklahoma. How a Caribbean island with a 500 percent increase in gonorrhea in the past 10 years,2 a contingent of 380,000 in Africa….
AB - To the Editor: The Special Report by Bayer and Healton (April 13 issue)1 on the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Cuba raises questions that should be considered in the light of the available information. Indeed, Cuba's approach to AIDS control is unique. It does not emphasize education, it has screened about 4 million persons and plans to screen the entire population of the island, and it has reported a seropositive rate that is comparable to that of Oklahoma. How a Caribbean island with a 500 percent increase in gonorrhea in the past 10 years,2 a contingent of 380,000 in Africa….
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198909213211212
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198909213211212
M3 - Letter
C2 - 2770814
AN - SCOPUS:0024434020
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 321
SP - 829
EP - 830
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 12
ER -