Children at school and problems related to AIDS.

  • Department of Education and Science
Date:
1986]
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Children at school and problems related to AIDS. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This booklet has been produced as a guide for schools, teachers and school health personnel, by the Department of Education and Science and the Welsh Office. Foreword This booklet incorporates advice from a specially convened DHSS Working Group including medical experts and has been approved by the Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) appointed by the Secretary of State for Social Services. It draws extensively on guidance issued by the US Centers for Disease Control. The first known case of AIDS in the United Kingdom was reported in 1981. A number of cases had been identified earlier in the USA. The disease is therefore a comparatively new one in the western world, and there still exists much misunderstanding about it and about infection with the virus which has been identified as its cause. It is important that all those concerned with the education and care of children should be properly informed about AIDS and the Human-T-Lymphotropic Virus Type III/Lymphadenopathy Associated Virus (HTLV-III/LAV), whether or not they are directly concerned with an infected person. The recommendations in this booklet apply to all children known to be infected with HTLV-III/LAV and include children with positive HTLV-III/LAV antibody test, with AIDS-related conditions and full clinical AIDS. This booklet has been prepared for the information and guidance of local education authorities, school governing bodies, school staff and parents. It is also being issued to doctors including general practitioners, paediatricians and haematologists, to assist them when advising children and a I | | | | ‘| | i 22200145685 March 1986