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A blog about the 16th International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 13-18, 2006.

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Indonesia launches prison methadone maintence program

This afternoon, I was lucky enough to get a seat in the overflow area of a session that was dedicated to Sex, Drugs and ARVs behind prison bars. The best talk was saved for last, where Anak Agung Gede Hartawan...

Posted on August 15, 2006 2:14 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Rewriting the alphabet

It's only Tuesday, but I've lost count of the number of times presenters have spoken out against the ABC strategy. Each time cheers erupt from the audience, whether it's full of scientists, activists or people living with HIV/AIDS. At this...

Posted on August 15, 2006 9:51 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Introducing APOBEC3G, a Protein You Probably Never Knew You Had

After my initial post in which I raised the question of whether science still has a significant place in the conference, I began to sniff it out. In the afternoon, I attended a session called "Novel Targets for Drug Development."...

Posted on August 14, 2006 11:25 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

The intersection of HIV and religion

To use my earlier post on stigma as a jumping-off point, there was a session today titled Religion and New Leadership: the Challenge to Deliver (video available at the link). Speakers included religious leaders from a variety of religious...

Posted on August 14, 2006 10:50 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

A Tale of Two Bills

Once there was a small boy named William Jefferson Clinton, who was born on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas. Sixty years later, nearly to the day, he could be found on a stage in Toronto sitting opposite to another...

Posted on August 14, 2006 10:09 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

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