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Gro Harlem Brundtland, MD
Director-General
World Health Organization

JAMA. 2001;286:1444.

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The 20th anniversary of the first diagnosis of HIV infection has come and gone. So has the razzmatazz surrounding the UN General Assembly's Special Session on AIDS in June. Headlines made when UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed for the world to act on the global emergency AIDS represents have been superseded by other events.

It's back to business as usual. Or is it?

It must not be. The AIDS crisis is as real now as a few months ago, and it will continue to grow unless the world is constantly reminded of it and plans to stem the epidemic are turned into action.

The recent focus on AIDS among the poorest countries of the world—in particular in Africa—may have given an impression that those who live in countries with stable or declining infection rates no longer need to worry. Recent infection figures in the United States . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Director-General
World Health Organization