"Europe against AIDS": extension to the end of 1994 of the 1991-1993 action plan

European Parliament and Council Directive 1729/95/EC extended until 31 December 1995 the "Europe against AIDS" programme. The appropriations allocated for the activities provided for under the programme would be adopted under the budgetary procedure. The Commission would submit a report to the Council after the termination of the action plan. The 1994/95 action plan covered seven areas of activity: - Area of activity 1: Assessment of the knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of the general public and certain target groups (populations with high-risk lifestyles or in high-risk environments, marginalised communities), information and awareness-raising campaigns for the public and these groups; - Area of activity 2: Measures for children and young people (assistance for the exchange of information and promotion of appropriate educational material, assistance for the development of programmes in the Member States); - Area of activity 3: Prevention of HIV transmission among particular groups and in particular settings (problems linked to tourism and people travelling within the Community; prisons and detention centres; injecting drug users; women exposed to specific risks, including prostitutes and drug users; transmission from mothers to children; young homosexual men and bisexuals); - Area of activity 4: Social and psychological support (dissemination of manuals and information bulletins, exchange of experience about models of assistance); - Area of activity 5: Gathering data on HIV (support for the work of the European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS, encouraging the development of specialised training in this field); - Area of activity 6: Combating discrimination against people with HIV and AIDS and those close to them; - Area of activity 7: Coordination with other programmes related to HIV. �