Europe tackles rising Aids cases

Health ministers and experts from across Europe are meeting in Lithuania to discuss efforts to prevent an epidemic of HIV/Aids. The conference, entitled 'Europe and HIV/AIDS: New Challenges, New Opportunities', was held from 16-17 September 2004 in Vilnius, hosted by the government in Lithuania and the European Commission..

• Primary Source

European Commission: Press Release: IP/04/1111 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/04/1111&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

World Health Organisation: Health topics: HIV infections http://www.who.int/topics/hiv_infections/en/

World Health Organisation: 3by5 Initiative: Media Centre: Press Release, 16.9.04 http://www.who.int/3by5/mediacentre/news24/en/

European Commission: DG Health and Consumer Protection: Public health: Threats to health: Communicable diseases: Special topics: HIV/AIDS http://ec.europa.eu/comm/health/ph_threats/com/aids/aids_en.htm

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