HIV/AIDS & Hepatitis:
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"Data was collected from medical
treatment facility blood banks and clinical laboratories, from
prevention medicine services, and from the references at WRAIR.
The reporting of patient data by the preventative medicine
services was mandated by OTSG, but compliance varied from post
to post. In the absence of patient data from preventative
medical resources, only hepatitis C virus antibody tests
results were known for an individual."
While the Pentagon disbanded the hepatitis C registry for
military personnel in 1993, after concluding that the
infection rate was only one percent, recent studies indicate
that military veterans have the highest hepatitis C rate in
the nation.
Statistics by the American Liver Foundation show that 1.8
percent of the U.S. population is Hepatitis C positive. Twelve
to 14 percent of those infected are veterans." from
Hepatitis C Origin Points to Possible Military Link
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Allies of
AIDS: Among warring factions in Congo, disease is
mutating
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Kampala, Uganda-It was born out of war, spread in war and
may now be mutating into an explosive nightmare amid
war. HIV, soldiers, rape and prostitutes: These are the
elements that spawned and spread Africa's horrendous
AIDS epidemic. For at least thirty years military forces
have served as mobile vectors for the deadly virus.
Today, HIV has found unwitting allies in the war raging
in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS EXPOSURE CONTROL
PLAN |
Department of the Army control plan- To prescribe
policies, responsibilities and procedures for
implementation of the Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure
Control Plan (BBPECP) to meet the letter and intent of
the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR
1910.1030). OSHA has enacted this standard to "reduce
occupational exposure to Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other bloodborne
pathogens". This plan details measures WRAMC and its
employees will take to decrease the risk of transmission
of bloodborne pathogens and provide appropriate
treatment and counseling should an employee be exposed
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Epidemiology
of viral hepatitis among US Navy and Marine Corps
personnel, 1984-85
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Six
hundred and twenty-nine cases of viral hepatitis (A, B,
and NonA-NonB) were reported among a total of 768,832
United States Navy and Marine Corps personnel during
1984 and 1985 via a passive surveillance system.
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Hepatitis
C Origin Points to Possible Military Link
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Hepatitis,
not Hepatitis C, was a serious medical condition for
military personnel during the Vietnam War.
Thousands of servicemen contracted the disease and the
Pentagon was determined to do something about it to
resolve a drain on combat readiness.
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Veterans
and Hepatitis C Virus
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The 106th Congress was one of the most veteran friendly
in our nation’s history. Not only did we provide
a record amount of funding for veterans health care, we
also updated and expanded veterans health care and
education benefits.
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