Author (Corporate) | European Commission: Press and Communication Service |
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Series Title | Press Release |
Series Details | IP/04/1111 (17.9.04) |
Publication Date | 17/09/2004 |
Content Type | News |
Health ministers, AIDS experts, industry and civil society representatives from across the EU and its eastern neighbours are meeting in Vilnius, 17 September 2004, to pledge action to counter a growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. The Vilnius conference is to adopt a declaration committing participants to a coordinated continent-wide effort to fight the disease with all involved working together in partnership. A package of measures set out in a paper presented by the European Commission (see IP/04/1076) is recognised as a key element of this effort. The proportion of newly reported HIV cases has doubled in Western Europe since 1995. In certain of the countries that joined the EU on 1 May and in the EU's eastern neighbours the rates of new infections are the highest in the world. |
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Source Link | http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/04/1111&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en |
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Subject Categories | Health |
Countries / Regions | Europe |