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Important and overlooked from AIDS conference

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Mon, 07/26/2010 - 3:58pm
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By. André Picard, Globe and Mail
 
Important: The C-Word
 
Scientists have long complained that science takes a back seat at the International AIDS Conference, but it came back with a vengeance in Vienna. Drugs to treat HIV/AIDS are getting much better: Researchers are getting closer to a pill-a-day that has few side effects and lessens the risk of resistance. Several sessions were devoted to the notion that HIV can be eliminated from the body or suppressed permanently – meaning a cure. Until recently, no one dared utter the C-word.
 
Overlooked: The other C-word
 

AIDS 2010 to Focus on Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Tue, 03/23/2010 - 1:17pm
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VOA News
 

In July, the world’s largest AIDS conference will be held in Vienna, Austria.  About 25 thousand people are expected to attend the meeting, which will focus on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

The theme of the 18th International AIDS conference – also known as AIDS 2010 – is Rights Here, Rights Now.

Robin Gorna, executive director of the International AIDS Society, one of the organizers of the event, says, “We believe one of the most important barriers to scaling up AIDS services, in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in particular, is the lack of respect for human rights.  If we don’t get a handle on the human rights issues we won’t be able to turn the epidemic around.”

Drugs and sex

Global AIDS conference in Vienna to focus on Eastern Europe

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 10:38am
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Earth Times
 
Vienna - Rising HIV infections in Eastern Europe and Central Asia are one key issue to be discussed at this year's international AIDS conference in Vienna in July, organizers said Wednesday.
 
The biennial event is set to draw 25,000 participants and is organized by HIV experts with support from UN organizations.
 
In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the occurrence of HIV has almost doubled since 2001.
 
"To break the trajectory of the HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe, we must stop infections among injecting drug users and their partners," said Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS, the United Nations programme on prevention and treatment.
 
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