Venereal disease control by health departments in the past: lessons for the present.

The Rio de Janeiro HIV Vaccine Site: I. Recruitment Strategies and Socio-demographic Data of a HIV Negative Homosexual and Bisexual Male Cohort in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

“…Lessons learned from the syphilis epidemic should be an important guide in our response to the present HIV epidemic (Cutler & Arnold 1988). Efforts at individual and public training, frequent serological testing, scientific information programs, prevention methods (condom distribution) and goverment subsidised treatment for infected patients made difference even when effective treatments were not available.…”

A Historical Analysis of Public School Sex Education in America Since 1900

“…The economic results from the depression required the government to temporarily discontinue the program but, in 1936, the campaign was again renewed following a severe syphilis outbreak (Cutler, 1988 contracting an STD. Treatment centers were also created and the discovery of penicillin, which was effective in treating the two venereal diseases of the day, aided in the cure (Cutler, 1988).…”

HIV Vaccines

“…A similar question must be asked with regard to the public health infrastructure that has slowly been developed to fight HIV/AIDS. If the history of the United States' battle against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the 20th century is any guide, the answer to these questions, unfortunately, is likely to be yes (Anderson 1965;Brandt 1985;Cutler and Arnold 1988).…”