Save the Children Scotland: HIV/AIDS

This material is held atLothian Health Services Archive

  • Reference
    • GB 239 GD1/12
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1983-1988
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 10 folders: papers

Scope and Content

AIDS information pack produced by Save the Children 1987; AIDS press cuttings 1986-1988; AIDS guidelines and conference articles 1986-1987; AIDS articles 1986-1987; newsletters and conference information 1986-1988; Scottish AIDS Monitor 1983-1987

Administrative / Biographical History

HIV was first introduced into Edinburgh in 1983 and spread rapidly as a result of injection drug users who habitually shared equipment. By 1989 over 1000 HIV infected users had been identified in Edinburgh out of a total of 1700 in Scotland, representing three to four times the worst infection rate measured in England. The epidemic was detected within two years and, as a result, an opportunity arose to develop HIV services prior to the development of HIV-related ill-health/AIDS. A range of local National Health Service, municipal and voluntary institutions and organisations rapidly became involved. These papers were collected by staff at the Edinburgh office of Save the Children Scotland.

Arrangement

Chronological within record class

Access Information

None

Acquisition Information

Joyce Spenser, Save the Children, May 1997

Note

Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists

Other Finding Aids

Manual item-level descriptive list available

Accruals

No further accessions are expected