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Confronting AIDS: Directions for Public Health, Health Care, and Research (1986)

Chapter: Appendix D. U.S. Public and Private Sector Resources for Fighting AIDS

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D. U.S. Public and Private Sector Resources for Fighting AIDS." Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Sciences. 1986. Confronting AIDS: Directions for Public Health, Health Care, and Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/938.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D. U.S. Public and Private Sector Resources for Fighting AIDS." Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Sciences. 1986. Confronting AIDS: Directions for Public Health, Health Care, and Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/938.
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D U.S. Pubic and Private Sector Resources for Fifing AIDS Following is a list of public and private sector resources in the United States that could be brought to bear on problems related to AIDS and HIV infection. (The list is simply alphabetical; no hierarchical arrange- ment is intended.) PUBLIC SECTOR Federal NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command Walter Reed Army Institute of Research U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Care Financing Administration Public Health Service/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Centers for Disease Control Food and Drug Administration Health Resources and Services Administration 314

APPENDIX D 315 National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Agency for International Development State, City, and Local Authorities Public health agencies (including research laboratories and education boards) State legislatures (through policymaking and funding of research and prevention efforts) PRIVATE SECTOR Commercial Entities Mass media Electronic (e.g., radio, television) Print (e.g., newspapers, magazines, advertising) Pharmaceutical companies, both major and new biotechnology-based (research and development on drugs and vaccines) Various commercial concerns (through employee education or volunteer services) Noncommercial Organizations Community action/volunteer groups (education/support) National organizations Philanthropic foundations (funding of biomedical or health services research) Universities and other nonfederal researchers

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This volume examines the complex medical, social, ethical, financial, and scientific problems arising from the AIDS epidemic and offers dozens of public policy and research recommendations for an appropriate national response to this dread disease.

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