MAYOR'S SUMMIT ON AIDS & HIV

announced that he would appoint a senior-level staff person in his office to oversee the implementation of Summit recommendations, as well as other AIDS-related issues. 

Dr. Mitch Katz made a presentation on HIV prevention in SF.  He reported that overall, the number of new AIDS cases is going down in the city, and the number of people living with AIDS is going up.  However, the issue of prevention among people of color, women, IVDUs, and young gay men need to be improved.  Recommendations made by committee members and the audience were as follows:

• Continue the clean needle exchange programs.
  
• Hold public forums to educate and update the public on HIV research findings.
  
• Make condoms available at all high schools and minimize barriers to their availability.
  
• HIV prevention must be integrated with other social services.
  
• Provide HIV-positive people with primary HIV prevention education & support.
  
• City should continue to support post expo

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On Tuesday, January 27, 1998, Mayor Willie Brown held a meeting at the Masonic Auditorium on the topic of AIDS & HIV in San Francisco.  The purpose of the meeting was to discuss issues that have emerged due to the changes seen the AIDS epidemic.  There have been many important and positive developments made towards the treatment of AIDS and HIV yet the problems of affordable housing, access to healthcare, and the basic needs of people living with AIDS & HIV will continue to exist.  To address these needs, various committees were created to address these issues.  The following issues were presented to the Mayor:

• New Direction in Prevention.
  
• Access to Therapy.
  
• Adherence to Treatments.
  
• Insurance Issues.
  
• Testing, Surveillance, and Reporting.
  
• Workplace Entry & Re-entry.
  
• Housing.
  
• Other Issues - employment, mandatory testing and reporting, funding.
  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  Mayor's Summit on AIDS & HIV   page 1
  Older and HIV Positive   page 3
  WIHS Clinically Relevant Lab Tests  Looking at Liver Function   page 4
  CAB Corner  page 5
  Here's What You Had To Say, Comments from the Clients   page 8
  Biosketches   page 11
  Ask Doctor WIHS   page 13