The 19th International
AIDS conference (AIDS2012) will take place from 22-27 July this year in
Washington DC in United States of America. This is the premier gathering for people
working in HIV/AIDS as well as political, socio-economic and people living with
HIV/AIDS. The conference aims at discussing various success and challenges and
how to roll out the success stories from around the globe. It is a time to
reflect on the achievement s and challenges on the fight of HIV/AIDS. Acknowledging
that HIV/AIDS is not only health but a social, economic and political problem,
people from all walks of life will convene in Washington DC for that purpose. The
conference will cover five major tracks: Basic Science, Clinical Science,
Epidemiology and Prevention Science, Social Science, Human Rights and Political
Science and Implementation Science, Health Systems and Economics.
The
selection of Washington, D.C. as the site for the XIX International AIDS
Conference (AIDS 2012) is the result of years of dedicated advocacy to end the
nation’s misguided entry restrictions on people living with HIV – restrictions
that were based on fear, rather than science.
The conference is taking
place amidst reduction of funding in HIV/AIDS by the Global fund partners. It
is expected that more than discussing issues that focus on the science of the
disease, major issues in mobilising funds will be discussed.
However, something to note
for the countries with high burden of HIV/AIDs is that they should find ways to
make efforts to increase funding various HIV/AIDS programs rather that
depending on foreign AID that seems not to work effectively but creates
dependence to the donor countries.
More details on the
conference can be found here
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