Media ID   0070-A    

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1127797289-65

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Graham Underhill, unidentified speakers

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Source tape		0070-A
Date		1983
Source		Public Meeting
Copyright		Public Meeting
Recorded by		Graham Underhill
Deposited by		Graham Underhill

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02:20

Most of our Factor 9.. made in Australia.. working on a Factor 9 concentrate here..

05:20

I believe AIDS is likely to reach New Zealand..

05:30

How’s it spread - secretions.. recent story of person holding up a bank saying they have AIDS.. no health-care workers have contracted AIDS from patient care.. Hospital precautions – same as Hepatitis

07:15

Unusual phenomenon .. the birth of a new disease.. possibly a virus.. first cases in 1979.. female partners have developed AIDS..

09:00

Connection between AIDS and Haemophilia.. possibly blood transmitted – not proven.. antigenic challenges.. I’m sure many people are exposed to the virus.. but there are a whole lot of factors to actually getting AIDS..

11:00

Infected batches of blood .. haemophiliacs .. it’s not nearly as infectious as Hepatitis B.. no cases reported in Germany or Japan..

12:45

We’ve done blood tests here .. lymphocyte tests.. we’re collecting data .. we’ve put some serum aside.. when new tests come along.. common blood products in use..

15:00

Blood products .. not possible to say that New Zealand plasma is cleaner than anywhere else.. transmission of Hepatitis more of a worry .. should you reduce the amount of blood product you have .. a question of balance..

18:40

Alternative products for haemophiliacs.. making blood safer – heat treated Factor 8.. five year study..

21:40

What’s the World Federation of Haemophilia doing .. international information centre.. public relations programmes..

22:45

The prognosis is poor.. the survival rate at three years is approximately 40%..

23:30

Hepatitis B in haemophiliacs

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28:20

Irradiation of products.. looking at irradiating Factor 8 and 9

31:30

Black Africa to Haiti to New York.. AIDS hasn’t been reported in Japan.. 80% of commercial Factor 8 concentrate comes from the US..

34:50

Is there a research programme in New Zealand for gay men.. pre-AIDS test.. they thought they had a predictive test .. If you were to screen active gay men..

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41:20

Plasma products .. we are making every effort to get plasma processing in New Zealand..

43:50

Graham Underhill – reassuring haemophiliacs.. recent publicity has done a lot of damage.. the gay community is just as concerned as the haemophiliacs