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NATIONAL COMMISSION ON ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
1730 K Street. N.W.. Suite 815
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 254-5125 [FAX] 254-3060Press Release
August 21, 1990Contact: Thomas Brandt
202-254-5125MEMBERS
Diane Ahrens
Scott Allen
Hon. Did kChenev
Harlon L Dalton. Esq.
Hon. Elward.! Derwinsk;
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Donald S G idian. Esu
Don C. Dcs lariuis. Ph. D
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTORCommission Reports on Problems in AIDS Clinical
Research Program; the Hidden Epidemic in Rural
America; And the Health Care Worker Crisis
The National Commission on AIDS today released a
report to President Bush and Congress that cites serious
problems in three major areas of the HIV epidemic
including the AIDS clinical trial program, rural America,
and the nation's health care work force.
In research, the Commission found that too few
people of color, women and children are included in
clinical trials; that research has expanded too slowly
on the management of opportunistic infections even though
they are usually the cause of death for people with AIDS;
that federal officials need to respond to the perception
of possible conflict of interest, and the call for full
disclosure of pharmaceutical company consulting
relationships, by researchers who also advise the
National Institutes of Health on AIDS matters.
In rural America, the Commission found
a volatile mix of discrimination, lack of knowledge and
education about HIV infection, and minimal health care
systems unable to serve their community's even basic-more-
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CHAIRMAN
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National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. [Release: Commission Reports on Problems in AIDS Clinical Research Program; the Hidden Epidemic in Rural America; And the Health Care Worker Crisis], text, August 21, 1990; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc915809/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.