Conference Sessions:
The theme of the conference was Time to Deliver. But did they? At the closing ceremony UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa Stephen Lewis called upon the governments of all nations to deliver on their funding promises. "We are...
Posted on August 18, 2006 4:09 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
For a serious conference, there were a lot of laughs at the closing ceremony. Mark Wainberg: "Many people have said that this was one of the best conferences ever at linking the north and the south. I hope they were...
Posted on August 18, 2006 3:17 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I saw my first pillowcase stenciled with the words "Fight AIDS: Fund Health Workers Now" at the opening ceremonies. Then, Wednesday night, I nearly tripped over the one pictured at right as I exited the conference center. On opening...
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Posted on August 18, 2006 10:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Ever since opening night of AIDS 2006, when Bill & Melinda Gates held the rapt attention of the crowd at Toronto's Rogers Centre and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was no where to be found, I've been wondering whether celebrity...
Posted on August 17, 2006 9:10 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
25 Years of AIDS - Reflecting Back and Looking Forward might have been called the Faces of AIDS. Youth, health ministers, scientists and activists were all represented, each with their unique perspective on the evolution of the pandemic over the...
Posted on August 17, 2006 5:38 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The story of women of the Pumwani settlement in Nairobi has been heard around the world. In 1984, while researchers were carrying out a study of STDs in Pumwani prostitutes, they decided to check on the prevalence HIV within the...
Posted on August 17, 2006 2:17 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
On Tuesday morning, while President Clinton was speaking about the promise of circumcision (thanks Bryan, for your summary), I was attending a session entitled, "Male Circumcision: Is It Time to Act?". The moderator of the discussion was none other than...
Posted on August 16, 2006 8:56 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In the United States, approximately a third of those who are HIV-positive don't even realize it. Worldwide, that number can be much higher. Because of this, and because those who don't know their HIV status can play a large...
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Posted on August 16, 2006 11:30 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Kaiser Family Foundation's web site has a video recording of the session I was at yesterday, entitled "Novel Targets for Drug Development." The third speaker at the session was Dr. John Moore from Cornell University's Weill Medical College. He's...
Posted on August 15, 2006 5:10 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I've blogged previously about the massive effect vaccines against the human papilloma virus (HPV) could have. HPV is a common sexually-transmitted virus. Though most strains are harmless, a few have the potential to cause cervical cancer. Therefore, the HPV vaccine...
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Posted on August 15, 2006 4:00 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A blog about the 16th International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 13-18, 2006.
