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The International AIDS Conference (abbreviated AIDS 2012, AIDS 2014 and so on) is the world's most attended conference on HIV and AIDS, and the largest conference on any global health or development issue in the world. [7] First convened during the peak of the AIDS epidemic in 1985, they were held annually until 1994 when they became biennial.
The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) is an annual scientific meeting devoted to the understanding, prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS and the opportunistic infections associated with AIDS. Thousands of leading researchers and clinicians from around the world convene in a different location in North America each ...
III International AIDS Conference, 1987; X International AIDS Conference, 1994; XI International AIDS Conference, 1996; XII International AIDS Conference, 1998; XIII International AIDS Conference, 2000; XIV International AIDS Conference, 2002; XV International AIDS Conference, 2004; XVI International AIDS Conference, 2006; XVII International ...
Over the course of its 20-year existence, ICW has been a unified force for women living with HIV. ICW has made a significant impact in international forums, winning a voting position on the International AIDS Conference Coordinating Committee and Consultative Status at the UN Economic and Social Council.
With a special emphasis on family-focused care, use of multidisciplinary teams, attention to the multitude of needs of individuals at risk for or living with HIV/AIDS, ICAP programs include HIV counseling and testing, prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission, comprehensive HIV care, antiretroviral therapy, and management for related ...
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This concept of three-drug therapy was quickly incorporated into clinical practice and rapidly showed impressive benefit with a 60% to 80% decline in rates of AIDS, death, and hospitalization. [2] It would also create a new period of optimism at the 11th International AIDS Conference that was held in Vancouver that year. [128]
The conference opened with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pointing out that funding by rich economies for poor countries fighting HIV/AIDS was reduced to 7.6 billion dollars from 7.7 billion dollars in 2008. The countries cut funding because of the Great Recession. Ki-moon stated that "Some governments are cutting back on their response to AIDS.