sexual partners could not be successful without such protections against discrimination: "So, once those with HIV are treated like anyone else with a disability, then we will find that what is best for the individual is also best for the public health." He said "Semen, blood, and ignorance surround this epidemic, and we were in that last category" when starting work. In an initial review, Dr. Mathilde Krim, founder of the American Foundation for AIDS Research thought the commission's work both more expert than she expected and free of ideology. Tim Sweeney, executive director of GMHC call the draft report "courageous, aggressive and compassionate" and added: "We challenge the President, Congress and presidential candidates to respond to this report by implementing its recommendations". The American Public Health Association called it "an aggressive first step towards developing an integrated national strategy to deal with the AIDS epidemic." The commission produced its final report on June 24, 1988. The commissioners approved it by a vote of 7 to 6. Its recommendations surprised observers by arguing against every measure advocating by conservative observers, such as mandatory testing, and characterizing partner notification as an inappropriate activity for medical professionals. Its principal findings and recommendations were designed to provide a national strategy for managing the epidemic. It made more than 500 recommendations, which it summarized under these headings: replacement of the obsolete term "AIDS" (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) with the term "HIV infection"; early diagnosis of HIV infection; increased testing to facilitate understanding of the incidence and prevalence of HIV infection; treatment of HIV infection as a disability under federal and state law; stronger legal protection of the privacy of HIV-infected persons; immediate implementation of preventive measures such as confidential partner notification; prevention and treatment of intravenous drug abuse; implementation of drug and alcohol abuse education programs; establishment of federal and state scholarship and loan programs to encourage nurses to serve in areas of high HIV impact; extension and expansion of the National Health Service Corps; aggressive biomedical research; more equitable and cost-effective financing of care for HIV-infected persons; addressing the concerns of health care workers; federal assurance of the safety of the blood supply; undertaking all reasonable efforts to avoid transfusion of another person's blood; development and implementation of education programs; addressing the problem of HIV-infected "boarder babies"; addressing the problem of high-risk adolescents; addressing ethical issues raised by the HIV epidemic; and support and