Baltic News Service		
ESTONIA: Estonian Parliament Committee Proposes to Set Up AIDS Commission		
27 September 2004

Responding to concerns that Estonia has underestimated the threat of AIDS and lacks 
a clear strategy for fighting it, an ad hoc committee of Parliament has called for 
the creation of an AIDS commission. This new body, comprising representatives of 
the government and volunteer and youth groups, will be charged with coordinating 
prevention efforts and drafting a state prevention strategy in line with existing 
efforts. In coming years, said the committee's report, Estonia may face a situation 
in which half of those diagnosed with HIV require treatment; thus, the state should 
develop a projection of the demand for and costs of treatment.