미국 도심과 농촌지역의 AIDS 위험성과 AIDS 관련정보 접근용이성 비교

김예랑 ( Ye Rang Kim ) 서울여자대학교 사회복지연구센터 2008 사회복지실천 Vol.7 No.-

본 연구에서는 대도시통계지역(MSA)의 분류에 따라 미국의 도심지역과 농촌지역을 구분하여 비교하였으며, 지역에 따라 AIDS 위험성과 AIDS 관련정보 접근용이성(accessibility)이 어떻게 변화되는지 살펴 보았다. 연구를 위해 미국 전국 보건인터뷰 설문자료(1995)의 16,848 사례를 판별분석(discriminant analysis) 하였다. 연구결과를 통해 농촌지역이 도심지역보다 AIDS 관련 정보를 접근하는데 매우 큰 어려움이 있다는 사실을 알 수 있었으며, 그 결과 농촌지역은 AIDS 감염 위험성에 크게 노출되어 있었다. 연구결과를 바탕으로, 도심지역뿐만 아니라 농촌 지역도 AIDS 예방과 개입을 위한 혜택을 받을 수 있도록 하기 위한 AIDS 정책 방향의 필요성에 대해 논하였다. The purpose of this paper is to compare the urban and rural areas in the United States to examine the geographical differences in terms of the AIDS risk and the accessibility to AIDS-related information. This study was a second-data analysis study analyzing the 1995 National Health Interview Survey (AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes Supplement) with 16,848 cases. Results from discriminant analysis showed that AIDS risks differed according to MSA size. Rural areas had higher potential AIDS risk compared to urban areas due to the inaccessibility to AIDS-related information. Finally, this study has made a suggestion for a particular AIDS policy, the Ryan White Act, to adjust its funding distribution from benefiting mainly the urban to benefit both the urban and rural areas.

후천성 면역결핍증(AIDS)의 문제구조와 법정책

김나경(Kim Na-Kyoung) 한국법학원 2009 저스티스 Vol.- No.109

후천성면역결핍증(AIDS)은 HIV 에 감염됨으로써 발생하는 감염성 질병으로, 현재 우리나라에서 AIDS나 HIV감염 문제는 〈후천성 면역결핍증 예방법〉에 의해 규율되고 있다. AIDS 에 대한 법적 규제는 - 다른 감염성 질병에 대한 규제에서와 마찬가지로 - ‘치료’와 ‘예방’이라는 서로 대립되는 두 가지 이념을 동시적으로 지향한다는 특징을 지닌다. 이러한 특징으로부터 도출되는 문제는 우선 보편적인 치료원칙이 붕괴할 위험이 발생한다는 것이다. 예방을 위한 강제조치는 환자의 자율적 결정의 영역을 현저히 축소하는 경향을 가지며, 더 나아가 예방정책의 실현을 위해 의사에게 고지의무나 신고, 보고의무를 부과하는 것은 의사에게 요청되는 비밀유지의무와 정면으로 배치될 수 있기 때문이다. 뿐만 아니라 예방원칙에 입각한 정책들은 많은 경우 감염인의 신체적 자유와 사생활의 비밀을 침해할 우려가 있다. 우리나라의 〈AIDS 예방법〉은 1987년 제정 이래 8차례의 개정과정을 거치면서, 강제격리제도를 폐지하거나 환자의 정보보호와 차별금지를 위한 조항을 개정하고 신설하는 등 대략적으로는 환자의 자율성과 인권에 대한 고려를 강화하려는 노력을 거듭해왔다. 하지만, 여전히 법 자체의 기본적 방향은 예방에 지향되어 있으며 일반적인 치료원칙들을 예방규정에 내면화시키는 과정의 필요성 역시 절실하다. 그렇다면 특히, 〈AIDS 예방법〉이 규율하는 예방의 조치들 중 첫단계라 할 수 있는 감염여부의 검진 그리고 이와 결합된 고지제도에서는 보편적 치료원칙과 예방이념의 조화를 이루는 법정책은 어떠한 모습을 띠는 것일까. 재량적 강제검진은 의무적 강제검진에 비해 감염인이 처한 개인적 상황이나 가족생활 등을 더 잘 고려한다는 점에서 개별적인 삶의 맥락 속에서 상담을 실현하고 잠재적인 인권침해를 방지하는 통로의 역할을 할 수 있다. 여기서 상담은 검진대상자에 대해서 뿐만 아니라 강제검진이후 감염위험을 고지받는 감염위험군에 대해서도 이루어질 필요가 있으며, 감염인과 감염위험군에 대한 여러 조치들 속에서 치료의 이념과 예방의 이념은, ‘감염인 상담 강제-감염위험군에 대한 감염위험고지 - 감염위험군 상담의 강제 - 감염위험군 검진의 강제’로 갈수록 점점 더 예방성을 지향하는 방향으로 실현되고 있음을 이야기할 수 있다. 아울러 고지제도에 있어서도 의사와 검진대상자 간의 상호이해적인 치료적 관계의 증진을 위해서는 검진주체와 (제3자에의) 고지주체를 분리하는 방안, 즉 의사는 보건정책을 관리하는 기관에게 고지하고 그 기관이 감염위험군에게 감염위험을 고지하는 방안을 도입하는 것을 생각해볼 수 있다. In Korea, the problematic of AIDS and the contamination of HIV is regulated by the AIDS Prevention Act since 1987. As the regulation of other infectious diseases, the regulation of AIDS is led by two contradictious principles - therapy and prevention, and just the simultaneous pursuit of the two principles causes the following problems. First of all, the general principle of the therapy is threatened by the compulsory measures, which narrows the room of the autonomous decision of the patient. Secondly, the tension between the ethical demands of confidentiality and the duty of warn to the third parties and to the public health care officials is evident as well. Furthermore, many preventive methods often threaten the basic rights related with the freedom and privacy. The Korean AIDS Prevention Act has been amended many times and the amendments showed that the act concerned the right of the patients more and more. But the Act is still focused on the prevention and the basic principles of the medical ethics are still not reflected in the act so much. In order to realize the therapy and prevention of HIV/AIDS simultaneously in the act, it seems to be necessary to realize the concept of the informed consent in the process of diagnose and notification through the induction of the compulsory consultation system. Moreover, concerning the subject of the notification, the regulation needs to be amended as well in that not the professionals but the (public) health care officials has the duty to warn the third parties.

HIV/AIDS 감염인과 일하는 사회복지사의 딜레마

박형원(Hyung Won Park) 한국사회복지실천연구학회 2020 미래사회복지연구 Vol.11 No.1

본 연구는 “HIV/AIDS 관련기관에서 일하는 사회복지사가 경험하는 딜레마는 무엇인가?”라는 연구질문으로 질적연구를 하였다. HIV/AIDS영역에서 1년 이상 근무한 사회복지사 7명을 심층인터뷰하여 수집한 자료를 분석하였다. 연구 참여자들은 HIV감염인을 만나면서 클라이언트와의 관계에서 존엄한 삶과 생명에 대한 가치의 흔들림, 클라이언트의 경험과 가치 차이에서 오는 갈등, 비밀보장의 딜레마를 경험하였다. 사회복지조직에서 일하는 사회복지사로서 한정된 자원사용 시 형평성의 딜레마, 자원확보와 클라이언트 보호에서의 딜레마, 조직의 규칙과 클라이언트 이익간의 갈등 속에서 균형을 이루고자 노력하고 있었다. 연구참여자들은 AIDS를 둘러싸고 있는 사회의 무관심 속에서 무뎌지지 않으려 노력하고, AIDS사업의 전달체계 안에서 실적중심의 성과요구, 한계가 있는 법과 제도를 따를 수 밖에 없지만 한편으로는 클라이언트를 위해 부단히 정부의 문을 두드리고 있다. 이러한 연구참여자의 경험들은 ‘무한반복하는 딜레마의 악순환 속에서 감염인을 중심에 놓고 일함’으로 범주화하였다. 이러한 딜레마 요인을 파악함으로써 미시적으로는 조직에서의 수퍼비젼 및 딜레마 논의체계구축, 사회복지사 교육과정에 윤리적 이슈에 대한 부분의 강화, 거시적으로는 AIDS에 대한 사회적 낙인 감소, 정부의 적극적인 대응을 제언하였다. The purpose of this study was to gain better understanding of social workers dilemma who work at HIV/AIDS organizations. In-depth interviews were conducted with seven social workers who had worked in HIV/AIDS agencies, and qualitative research method was used for analysis. The findings revealed that the workers experienced their value of life and human dignity being challenged, conflicts arising from differences in client s experience and values, and the dilemma of confidentiality. Within organizations, they were trying to balance the dilemma of equity in using limited resources, and of securing resources and protecting clients, and the conflict between organizational rules and clients’ interests. The participants tried not to be dull to society’s indifference to AIDS, they were also forced to follow performance-oriented demands, limited laws and systems of the AIDS project. Despite the difficulties, they continue to knock on the door of the government on their clients’ behalf. Their work experiences were categorized as ‘working with the clients in a vicious cycle of recurrent dilemmas’. Based on the findings, the following were suggested: the use of supervision system within organizations along with peer support group, promotion of HIV/AIDS in social work education, the government s active policy for and the reduction of social stigma against HIV/AIDS.

AIDS관련 교육에 대한 국내 연구동향과 문헌고찰

박형원(Park, Hyung Won) 학습자중심교과교육학회 2020 학습자중심교과교육연구 Vol.20 No.24

본 연구는 국내에서 발표된 AIDS교육 관련 연구 43편을 분석하여 국내 연구 동향을 통시적으로 파악하며 후속 연구를 위한 기초자료를 제시하고자 수행되었다. 1992년부터 2019년까지 국내 학술지와 학위논문으로 발표된 논문 113편 중에서 연구목적에 부합되는 43편을 선정하여 연구시기, 연구대상, 연구방법, 연구내용을 중심으로 분석하였다. 연구결과, AIDS교육에 대한 연구는 과거에 비해 약간 감소한 수준으로 이루어지고 있으며, 건강관련전문직, 일반대중, 감염인을 대상으로 AIDS에 대한 지식과 태도의 변화에 초점을 둔 AIDS교육이 수행되었다. 교육효과검증과 교육프로그램개발 연구가 다수였으며, 문학작품, 만화, 영화, 퀼트, 마인드맵 등 다양한 교육자료를 활용하여 초중고생, 대학생, 여성과 대중에 대한 교육연구가 수행되었다. AIDS예방과 동시에 감염인들의 인권보호를 위하여 AIDS교육은 반드시 필요하며, 추후 사회의 변화흐름에 맞는 보다 적극적인 교육과 그에 대한 다양한 방식의 연구가 진행되기를 제언하였다. This study was conducted to analyze the 43 AIDS education-related studies published in Korea, to grasp the domestic research trends and to present basic data for subsequent studies. Among 113 papers published in domestic journals and degree thesis from 1992 to 2019, 43 papers that fit the research purpose were selected and analyzed based on the research period, research subject, research method, and research content. As a result of the study, research on AIDS education was being conducted at a slightly reduced level compared to the past, and AIDS education was conducted focusing on changes in knowledge and attitudes about AIDS for health-related professionals, the general public, and the PLWA. There were a number of studies on educational effectiveness verification and educational program development, and educational research was conducted on elementary, middle and high school students, college students, women, and the public by using various educational materials such as literature works, cartoons, films, quilts, and mind maps. It was suggested that AIDS education is essential for the prevention of AIDS and the protection of human rights of PLWA, and that more active education and research in various ways to meet the changing trend of society in the future.

5.16군사정부기 미 대한원조정책의 성격과 AID-유솜의 역할

권혁은(Kwon Hyuk-eun) 한국역사연구회 2017 역사와 현실 Vol.- No.105

Contrary to previous understanding, the U.S. policy of Korean aid was actually shifting during the Kennedy administration. The magnitude of Korean aid which included aiding 600,000 Korean troops was becoming a burden for the U.S., and was preventing the U.S. government from adopting its new foreign aid policy to Korea immediately. The U.S. government planned to commence the policy shift in Korea in 1964, which was essentially a switch from military aids to economic aids, accompanied by an establishment of a long-term aid plan as well as an offer of a development loan. The reason that the U.S. government did not actively support the first 5-Year Economy Development Plan in the early years of the “5.16” Military regime was not only because it differed in opinion of developmental strategy with the military government, but also because it was hard to shift its entire aid policy to Korea immediately. The Ulsan Industrial Complex(UIC), which also included the central factories for the first 5-Year Economy Development Plan, shows us how the Kennedy administration’s foreign policy was shifting at the time. In this transitional period, AID-USOM played more than an active role, by mediating American civilian investments for the UIC, and forcing changes in the military government’s initial plans for construction. This was a strategy of the U.S. foreign aid office designed to compensate for any problem that might arise due to the shift in policy itself. In the end, UIC was constructed not with the U.S. government’s development loan as hoped by the Korean military government, but with U.S. private -and direct- investments aggressively mediated by the U.S. foreign aid authorities.

Markov Chain Modelling Analysis of HIV/AIDS Progression: A Race-based Forecast in the United States

Lee, S.,Ko, J.,Tan, Xi,Patel, Isha,Balkrishnan, R.,Chang, J. Medknow PublicationsMedia Pvt Ltd 2014 Indian journal of pharmaceutical sciences Vol.76 No.2

<P>HIV/AIDS has reached a pandemic level across the world with more than 33 million people who are living with HIV. In the United States, more than half a million people have been victims of AIDS. This study investigates the most vulnerable racial minority population (the African Americans) in the United States and the second least affected (the Caucasians) in order to predict the trends of the epidemic. A Markov chain analysis was used to model the progression of the disease among vulnerable people, infective people and AIDS cases for the two races separately, based on the 2009 Centers of Disease Control and Prevention HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report. Based on the Markov model, our study predicts that the number of African American people living with AIDS diagnosis and HIV infection and dead due to HIV/AIDS will be 662.2, 1225.3 and 62.9 in 2015 and 794.9, 1566.5 and 79.2 in 2030, respectively. The number of Caucasian people living with AIDS diagnosis and HIV infection and dead due to HIV/AIDS will be 96.4, 160 and 6.5 in 2015 and 118.6, 206.9 and 8.3 in 2030, respectively. The numbers of deaths due to HIV/AIDS are quite stable over the years in both the races. There is an increasing trend in the number of people living with HIV infection and AIDS diagnosis in Caucasians compared with African Americans. The absolute number of Caucasians living with AIDS diagnosis and HIV infection is quite smaller compared with African Americans. The results reveal discrepancy in HIV infection, AIDS diagnosis and deaths due to HIV/AIDS among the African Americans and the Caucasians races. There is a need for interventions focusing on HIV/AIDS prevention and management, optimum resource allocation and development of antiAIDS campaigns to reduce the infection rate.</P>

공적개발원조 배분정책과 실적: 선진국과 한국의 비교

이계우 한국개발연구원 2011 KDI Journal of Economic Policy (KDI JEP) Vol.33 No.4

Ever since the UN Summit agreed on the MDGs in 2000, OECD/DAC member countries have taken poverty reduction as the main goal of their aid. To achieve this goal, all donors and recipient countries agreed on the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness in 2005. To monitor and evaluate the progress in the targets of the Declaration, all donors and recipients got together periodically, and the 2011 conference was held in Busan, Korea. As part of this effort, this paper aims to assess the extent to which DAC donors have allocated their aid to achieve the MDGs during the latest millennium era: 2005-2009. In addition, to compare the aid allocation performance between DAC members and non-DAC emerging donors, this paper also assesses the aid allocation performance of Korea (KOICA) for the same period. The analysis of this paper shows evidence contrary to the recent literature findings that donors tended to select, as their aid recipients, those countries that warranted more aid on account of their acute development needs, and good policies and institutions. The difference between the recent literature and this paper is attributed to the different sample periods and/or the weaknesses of the estimation models and methods adopted in the literature. This paper shows why a different estimation method is adopted and why its estimation results are more reliable and convincing. This paper also shows the difference between DAC and non-DAC donors in the aid allocation performance by analyzing aid allocations by the representative aid agency of Korea (KOICA), and recommends some policy measures to be taken by both DAC and non-DAC donors. 2000년의 UN 세계정상회의에서 새천년개발목표(MDG)가 합의된 후 OECD/DAC 공여국은 빈곤퇴치를 원조의 주된 목적으로 삼아왔다. 이러한 목적을 더욱 효과적으로 달성하기 위해 원조공여국과 수원국은 2005년에 원조효과에 관한 파리선언에 합의하고 그 실천과정과 달성 정도를 격년마다 점검하고 평가해 왔다. 그 점검․평가를 위한 2011년 고위급 세계개발원조총회가 한국의 부산에서 개최되었다. 본 논문은 DAC 회원국이 과연 어느 정도 이러한 빈곤퇴치의 목적을 달성하는 데 도움이 되는 원조배분정책을 수립하고 실제로 실천하고 있는가를 2005~09년 자료를 이용하여 분석․평가한다. 또 급격히 증가하고 있는 DAC 비회원국의 원조배분 정책과 실적을 분석․평가하기 위해, 한국이 DAC에 가입하기 전인 2005~09년 기간의 원조배분실적을 분석․평가하여 DAC 회원국 평균과 비회원국 간의 차이를 분석․평가하고 정책적 의미를 찾아낸다.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus 감염환자에 예후인자

김홍빈,최희정,박상원,김남중,오명돈,최강원 대한감염학회 1997 감염 Vol.29 No.4

목적: Human immunodeficiency Virus는 일차적으로 CD4+ 림프구를 감염시키고, CD4+ 림프구의 숫적, 기능적 손상을 일으켜 AIDS를 발생시킨다. 본 연구의 목적은 HIV 감염 환자에서 조사한 역학, 혈액학 및 면역학적 변수들 중 AIDS 발생과 관련이 있는 예후 인자를 밝히고자 하는 것이다. 방법: 1987년 10월에서 1996년 7월 사이에, 서울대학 병원에서 관찰한 115명의 HIV 감염 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 1993년 Centers for Disease Control에서 제시한 기회 감염증이나, 종양 등이 발생한 경우 AIDS로 진단하였다. 분석에 이용된 변수들은 나이, 성별, 감염경로, 지연형 피부 관민반응 검사, 백혈구수, 혈색소, 적혈구 침강속도, 혈소판수, 림프구수, CD4+ 림프구수, CD8+ 림프구수, 혈청 β₂-microglobulin이었다. AIDS 발생과의 연관성을 밝히기 위해, multiple logistic regression analysis를 시행하였다. 결과: 평균 경과 관찰 기간은 12.05개월이었고, 관찰 기간 중 31명의 환자에서 AIDS가 발생하였다. AIDS에 해당하는 질병으로 결핵(23명), P. carinii 폐렴(10명), 식도 캔디다증(6명), 거대세포 바이러스 질환(6명), Cryptococcus 수막염(2명), Cryptosporidia 감염(2명), Isospora 감염(2명), 원발성 뇌 임파종(1명)이 발생하였다. 단변수 분석을 시행하였을때 혈색소치가 적을 수로, 적혈구 침강속도가 높을 수록, 혈소판수가 많을 수록, 림프구수가 적을 수록, CD4+ 림프구수가 적을 수록, CD8+ 림프구수가 적을 수록, 혈청 β₂- microblobulin이 높을 수록 AIDS의 발생 빈도가 높았다. Azidothymidine과 trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 투여 효과를 보정한 다벼수 분석 결과 AIDS 발생과 유의한 관련이 있는 변수는 CD4+ 림프구수 한가지였다. Azidothymidine 투여를 받은 군에서 치료후 4개월 간 혈액학 및 면역학적 변수들의 변화와 AIDS 발생과의 관련을 조사하였으며, AIDS 발생가 유의한 연관을 보인 변수의 변화는 없었다. 결론: 약제 투여 효과를 보정한 다변수 분석을 시행하였을 때, 기저 CD4+ 림프구수가 낮을 수록 AIDS의 발생 빈도가 높았다. Azidothymidine 투여를 받은 환자에서 어떠한 혈액학 및 면역학적 변수의 변화값도 AIDS의 발생과 유의한 관계가 없었다. Background: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) primarily infects CD4 lymphocyte, resulting in quantitative and qualitative defect of CD4 lymphocyte and eventually AIDS. This study was designed to determine the prognostic of epidemiologic, cellular, and immunologic markers as possible indicator, of progression to AIDS Methods: A total of 115 HIV infected patients enrolled between September 1987 and July 1996 were analyzed. AIDS was defined according to criteriae presented by Centers for Disease Control in 1993. The variables considered in the analysis were age, sex, route of transmission, delayed hypersensitivity skin test, WBC counts, hemoglobin, ESR, lymphocyte counts, platelet counts, CD4 lymphocyte counts, CD8 lymphocyte counts, and serum β₂-microglobulin. Predictors of AIDS were determined by multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: Median follow-up duration of study was 12.05 months. Thirty-one subjects were diagnosed as AIDS during the study period. AIDS-defining illness included tuberculosis(23 cases), Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia(6 cases), esophageal candidiasis(6 cases), cytomegalovirus disease(6 cases), cryptococcal meningitis(2 cases), cryptospordiosis(2 cases), isosporiosis(2 cases), primary central nervous system lymphoma(1 case). On univariate analysis, low hemoglobin, low lymphocyte counts, high platelet counts, high ESR, low CD4 lymphocyte counts, low CD8 lymphocyte counts, and high serum β₂-microglobulin level are associated with progression to AIDS. On multivariate analysis, only the low CD4 lymphocute counts is associated with increased AIDS hazard. In a group treated with azidothymidine, any changes of celluar and immunologic markers four months following treatment are not associated with progression to AIDS Conclusion: In HIV infected persons, several laboratory markers might predict AIDS when analyzed individually. However, in multivariate analysis, only low CD4 lymphocyte count is an independent predictor of progression to AIDS

보청기 착용 효과 측정을 위한 음장어음인지평가의 임상적 중요성

고요셉,이재희 대한이비인후과학회 2021 대한이비인후과학회지 두경부외과학 Vol.64 No.5

Background and Objectives Although sound-field speech recognition test is an essentialevaluation method to verify the benefit of hearing aids, the aided sound-field speech recognitiontest has not been used as a standard audiometric protocol. This study investigated whethera traditional measure of unaided speech recognition measured at an individual’s most comfortablelevel (MCL) can predict aided speech recognition performance and the benefit of hearingaids. Subjects and Method One hundred twenty-one ears (72 adult hearing aid users) with moderate,moderately severe, and severe degrees of hearing loss were tested. The word recognitionscore (WRS) and sentence recognition score (SRS) were measured at MCLs using earphones(earphone WRS and earphone SRS). From the sound-field speech audiometry, both unaidedand aided WRS and SRS were evaluated at an average conversational speech level (at 65 dBSPL) using a loudspeaker (located at 0° azimuth, 1 m). This study determined the differencesbetween earphone scores (at MCL) and aided recognition scores (at 65 dB SPL), which isknown as earphone to aided difference (EAD). Also, the hearing aid benefit was simply derivedby differences between the unaided and aided scores, both measured at 65 dB SPL. Results The differences between the unaided and aided scores were significantly lower witha higher degree of hearing loss, yet the earphone scores measured at MCLs did not differ acrossvaried hearing loss. More than half of the tested ears had the EAD of greater than ±10%. Theears with a higher degree of hearing loss tended to have +EAD (earphone score>aided score),whereas the ears with less hearing loss showed -EAD (earphone score≤aided score). The earphonescore measured at MCLs was not a predominant contributor to predict either aided performanceor hearing aid benefit. Conclusion Clinicians should not assume that the unaided speech recognition score measuredwith earphones at MCL can accurately predict aided speech recognition or the benefit ofhearing aids. Instead, it is crucial to directly assess aided sound-field speech recognition performanceat a conversational speech level.

AIDS 침구(鍼灸) 치료(治療)에 대한 최근 정보 검색

송호섭,임정은,권순정,이성노,황현서,김기현,Song, Ho-Sueb,Lim, Jeong-Eun,Kwon, Soon-Jung,Lee, Seong-No,Hwang, Hyeon-Seo,Kim, Kee-Hyun 대한침구의학회 2001 대한침구의학회지 Vol.18 No.3

Objective : To broaden understanding about acupuncture and moxibustion therapy on AIDS and to promote base studies and clinical trials Materials and Methods : Analysis was given to more than 30 literatures including acupuncture and moxibustion therapy on AIDS-related sites explored by internet search engine named NAVER from Nov., 2000 to Feb. 20th, 2001 Results : 1. Acupuncture and moxibustion played great role as a complementary therapy in enabling AIDS patients to keep their antiretroviral therapy by enhancing immune system, ameliorating AIDS-related symptoms and side effect of antiretroviral drug 2. Acupuncture and moxibustion therapy had a broad spectrum indication from systemic or local signs of AIDS patients to signs of antiretroviral drug-related side effect 3. Contraindication of acupuncture and moxibustion therapy against AIDS patients include abstraction and moxibustion on the skin lesion, because of their easy exposure to inflammation 4. AIDS patients were regarded as the state of KI-HE(氣虛), EUM-HE(陰虛), YEOL-DOK(熱毒) in general 5. BO-KI(補氣), BO-HYUL(補血), BO-EUM(補陰), CHEONG-YEOL-HAE-DOK(淸熱解毒) were shown as a principle of acupuncture and moxibustion therapy for AIDS patients 6. Principle of selecting acupoints for AIDS patients had characteristics of enhancing immune system, detoxicating detrimental agents and relieving each AIDS related symptom appropriately 7. Acupuncture on 合谷(HAPKOK, LI4), 內關(NAE-GWAN, P6), 足三里(CHOK-SAMNI, S36) were applied to the early stage of AIDS in order to enhance immune system. Acupuncture on 血海(HYOLHAE, SP10), 三陰交(SAMUMGYO, SP6), (KOHWANG, B43) were applied to the intermediate stage of AIDS so as to enhance immune system and eliminate YEOL-DOK(熱毒) in blood. Moxibustion on 湧泉(YONGCHON, K1), 足三里(CHOK-SAMNI, S36) were applied to the late stage owing to enhance immune system more. Conclusion : The efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion therapy on AIDS has been acknowledged to the world, moreover, it is proved to be significant as a complementary therapy on AIDS patients. Thus, more control group studies of the efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion therapy on AIDS and clinical trials are considered to be necessary.