UNESCO Courier articles from June 1995

UNESCO Courier archives from June 1995

From HIV to AIDS
June 1, 1995... Is the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) the result of germ warfare, genetic manipulation or monkey cell cultures? Is HIV really the cause of Aids? The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a new virus to humankind. Actually, there are two main...

What Can Be Done?
June 1, 1995... Aids is gaining ground everywhere, but we now know much about how to slow the spread of HIV Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that around 4 million women, men and children developed Aids between the start of the pandemic and...

The Maghreb: Women in the Front Line
June 1, 1995... Two members of Morocco's anti-Aids association explain why women in the Maghreb are particularly exposed to HIV infection More than four million women are now infected with HIV. Over 3,000 more are infected each day. Most of them are between...

Zimbabwe: The Social Roots of AIDS
June 1, 1995... Epidemics depend not only on infectious agents but on the social conditions that sustain their spread In Zimbabwe, contemporary sexual culture has been shaped largely by the twin legacies of traditional patriarchal values and colonial labour...

India: No Time to Lose
June 1, 1995... A bold preventive education campaign brought a marked reduction in HIV incidence among Bombay prostitutes The HIV infection made a late entry into Asia, and the continent is still a low-prevalence region for Aids. In the last few years, however,...

Europe: The Political Dilemma
June 1, 1995... Can the epidemic be contained more effectively by coercion or by a liberal policy based on education and individual responsibility? Aids is a tough test for democracy. In all the European countries - especially in the early days of the epidemic...

Health and Human Rights
June 1, 1995... Respect for human rights is coming to be seen as a fundamental part of public health policies The first major influence on health science on the eve of the twenty-first century is the phenomenon of globalization, the enormously expanding and...

The Search for a Vaccine
June 1, 1995... The development of a vaccine against HIV raises highly complex scientific and economic problems The development of a vaccine to prevent infection with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (Aids) presents biomedical research with an urgent and...

Susah, Pearl of the Tunisian Sahel
June 1, 1995... Jewel of the Sahel on Tunisia's east coast, witness to 3,000 years of Mediterranean history, the Medina of Susah is a treasure-trove of past and present. Famed for its craftsmanship, its festivities and its hospitality, Susah is the capital of...

Turkey, Land of Diversity
June 1, 1995... A peninsula 1,565 long and 550 km wide, Turkey has an extraordinary diversity of natural habitats and a correspondingly rich animal and plant life. It shares borders with Syria, the former Soviet Union, Iran, Iraq, Bulgaria and Greece, and its...

Cultural Counterpoint
June 1, 1995... Differences between cultures find an echo in music Although children in Europe are usually initiated into music by learning how to read it, children in Africa start by refining their ear, watching adult musicians, copying from them and playing...

Nicolae Breban
June 1, 1995... Nicolae Breban (born 1934) is one of Romania's finest novelists, During the last years of the communist dictatorship he lived in Paris, returning to Bucharest after the December 1989 revolution. Today he is editor of a leading cultural review,...