HC Deb 01 March 1989 vol 148 c245W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment his Department is conducting of early intervention strategies for AIDS and HIV infection in the United States of America;

(2) what proposals there are for assessment of early intervention strategies with the aim of restraining, slowing down or stopping the development of AIDS in people who are HIV anti-body positive including (a) complementary/ alternative medicine, (b) therapies, (c) diet and (d) psychological approaches.

Mr. Mellor

The Medical Research Council is the main Government agency for biomedical research. It is conducting a clinical trial of zidovudine in early HIV infection, but no other early intervention is seen to be ready for evaluation by clinical trial. The MRC keeps abreast of results of clinical trials in HIV infection both from the United States of America and elsewhere.