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Death by disease
Israeli AIDS specialist brings a new perspective to a young audience.
BAILA LAZARUS STAFF REPORTER
Abackyard, hot dogs on a grill, young professionals mingling and chatting on a warm sunny evening — not the kind of place you would normally expect to hear a serious talk on the world's deadliest disease. Yet that was the scene July 9 when Inon Schenker spoke at the annual membership barbecue of the Young Associates, Canadian Friends of Hebrew University.
Mr. Schenker heads the Jerusalem AIDS Project and is coordinator of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's international programs at the Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine. He was in Vancouver attending last week's XI International Conference on AIDS when he spoke to the group of 70 mostly 20- and 30-year-olds at the home of Irv and Sharon Hochman.
Mr. Schenker explained to the crowd he went into medicine afler studying sociology and political science at university. As part of his studies, he was required to teach a class of preteens about health education. When one of the children asked a question about AIDS, Mr. Schenker began his research into the disease that led him into his current career in public health.
Mr. Schenker directed his talk to global issues of ACDS, with specific references to the situation in Israel. He included some frightening statistics, such as the belief that 44 million people worldwide are expected to be infected with fflV by the year 2000. He also addressed the question of why Israel, so far, has been lucky to have a very low incidence of HIV infection.
Included as possible explanations for Israel's low HIV rate, he suggested, was a high rate of monogamy, the fact that Israel has been a relatively isolated country and the belief that cir-
the risk of transmission of the disease.
Mr. Schenker also pointed out how the peace process has helped research by uniting specialists from different countries in the Middle East. During the AIDS conference, Mr. Schenker led a delegation from the Middle East that included three Israelis, two Palestinians and one Jordanian.
After the talk, Mr. Schenker answered questions and chatted informally with guests, who discussed the issues over bites of dessert. "I think it was very in-
cumcision might actually reduce
The fun of a backyard barbecue was mixed with a serious discussion about AIDS led by Inon Schenker (foreground), head of the Jerusalem AIDS Project.
formative," said host Sharon Hochman, a dental hygenist. She said she has knovm about AIDS for a long time, but was glad to hear the Israeli perspective on the issue.
Dave Engelberg, a second-year medical student, said, "I was interested to hear how they are managing AIDS in Israel. I was also interested to hear that there was cooperation between Middle Eastern countries despite political barriers in the region, so that was encouraging."
Mr. Engelberg has treated many patients in his work. "It's really tough," he said, "when you have patients in their 20s or early 30s, young and vibrant people, and they have this horrible disease. I really feel for these patients and I really hope there's some progress in AIDS research." □