CEDAW/C/1996/3/Add.1 English Page 8 underreporting and to develop research and data collection methods to fill the information gap. 27. The special programme for research and training in tropical diseases is concerned that both biomedical and social research on the effects of tropical disease on women have been too narrowly focused on reproductive health, and is promoting research on the determinants and consequences of tropical diseases for women. In collaboration with the International Development Research Centre in Canada, it is running the Fourth Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases/IDRC Award in 1996, which is on gender, health and technology. 28. An informal working group on gender and health research has come together, under the coordination of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases to discuss gender research issues of common concern. One of its activities is a multicountry intervention study on the development of a "Healthy women counselling guide". This is in the final stages of production and aims to help policy makers and NGOs and others better address women's health problems. A manual for health workers, entitled "Health workers for change", which aims to increase health workers' effectiveness in meeting the needs of female clients, will also be produced in 1995. 29. Several programme areas have worked to develop strategies to address the gender aspects of diseases and health condition. The issue of women and drugs was the subject of a consultation held in August 1993. A United Nations systemwide position paper on women, drug abuse and HIV/AIDS and a number of other documents will provide an essential contribution to the 1995 Conference in Beijing. They include "Women and substance abuse: A gender analysis and review of health and policy implications"; "Women and substance abuse: 1992 interim report"; and "Women and substance abuse: 1993 country assessment report". A project is under way on the victimization of women substance users, which aims to sensitize drug treatment agencies to gender issues, particularly the special needs of women. A report entitled "Preventing fetal effects of substance abuse", which will include guidelines for the selection of appropriate educational messages on psychoactive drug use and pregnancy, will soon be published. A multi-agency project on women and substance abuse may be developed in cooperation with the United Nations Drug Control Programme and other United Nations organizations. Programme on tuberculosis 30. This programme is carrying out research to improve understanding of the differences between men and women in terms of the risk of infection with tuberculosis; risk of progression from infection to disease; barriers to access for tuberculosis care; and the socio-economic impact of tuberculosis. With this information, it will make recommendations for changes in tuberculosis control programmes to ensure optimal tuberculosis control for both genders, and will make recommendations for cost-effectiveness for tuberculosis control interventions. Two documents are due to be produced this year: "Gender differentials in TB: A review of the role of socioeconomic and cultural factors" and "A review of epidemiological data". /...