Article: HEALTH OFFICIALS WILL IMPLEMENT VOLUNTARY AIDS TRACKING PLAN

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State health officials say they are hoping to reduce the spread of AIDS through a voluntary notification system that will begin next month. But some critics already are saying the system is fraught with problems.

Under the program, local health officials will ask people who test positive for the AIDS virus to inform any sexual partners they may have infected. If the AIDS victims are unable or unwilling to do that, health officials will offer to do it for them.

Health officials then will send letters informing the recipients that they may have been exposed to acquired immune deficiency syndrome and urging them to be ...

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