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Abstract: This hearing examines the current conditions of children infected with the HIV virus and the role of the federal government in responding to these conditions. Testimony is received from parents of children with AIDS or HIV infected, pediatric care givers to children with AIDS, AIDS researchers, and others involved in providing service to HIV infected children.
Abstract: This hearing examines the subject of AIDS among young people in south Florida. This extent of the problem and the possible responses by the federal government are discussed. Statistics concerning the numbers of cases HIV infection in Florida and the U.S. are examined and programs in operation are described. The general situation of the AIDS epidemic and the efforts of the communitys and the agovernment are reviewed.
The proliferation of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among women and children represents one of the gravest health issues confronting contemporary society. Women, most of childbearing age, now constitute 11 percent of all cases, and the U.S. Public Health Service has projected over 3,000 cases of pediatric AIDS by the end of 1991. In the face of these sobering statistics, experts have been called upon to grapple with a difficult, compelling question: under what conditions, if any, should HIV testing of women and children be required? Also at issue are the surreptitious testing for HIV antibodies as part of routine prenatal and neonatal examinations, and whether such testing should...