- Title
- Workshop on HIV, AIDS and STI in the Western Pacific Region
- Imprint
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, July 1999, 27 pp
- Url
- http://www.wpro.who.int/NR/rdonlyres/E32E0A12-0F1E-4748-81FE-355D8871A093/0 /Report_of_the_Regional_Workshop_on_HIV_AIDS_STI_Surveillance_WPR_June1999.pdf
- Description
21- 25 June 1999, Manila, Philippines.
- Abstract
"The general objective of the workshop was to strengthen HIV, AIDS and STI surveillance in the Western Pacific Region. At the end of the workshop, participants would have: (1) identified strengths and weaknesses of existing surveillance systems; (2) finalized operational guidelines for HIV, AIDS and STI surveillance in the Region; (3) defined regional standards, indicators and targets HIV, AIDS and STI surveillance; (4) reviewed methodologies and instruments for the flow and use of epidemiological data at national and regional level; and
(5) finalized a report on the status and trends of HIV, AIDS and STI. There were twenty-two participants from 14 countries in the Western Pacific Region, who are epidemiologists in charge of STI, HIV and AIDS surveillance at national level in
their respective countries."