Calendar

January 2008

Launch of The State of the World's Children Report 2008
Dates: January 22, 2008
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Organizer: UNICEF is organizing the event; speakers will include Ann M. Veneman, UNICEF's Executive Director, Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization, and Ms. Bience P Gawanas, Commissioner for Social Affairs of the African Union. Video footage of the event is available free of charge at www.thenewsmarket.com/unicef

March 2008

The 2nd Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine & Indigenous Knowledge
Dates: March 10-14, 2008
Location: Accra, Ghana
Organizer: Africa First, LLC of Minnesota USA, is convening the event in association with the Ghana Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization, UNAIDS Ghana, Ghana AIDS Commission, and the Esperanza Medicines Foundation.

For more information, feel free to contact Africa First directly at (651) 646-4721.

Third International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence
Dates: March 17-18, 2008
Location: Jersey City, USA
Organizer: The International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC).

The goal of this conference is to provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of state-of-the-science HIV treatment adherence research, as well as current behavioral and clinical perspectives in practicum. Our ultimate hope is that this dialogue translates into evidence-based implementation of approaches for real world clinical and community settings.

For more information, please email iapac@iapac.org or call IAPAC directly at (312)795-4930.

The 10th Social Research Conference on HIV, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases
Dates: March 27-28, 2008
Location: Sydney, Australia
Organizer: The University of New South Wales

For more information, email the organizing team at nchsr_conf@unsw.edu.au

The National African HIV Conference 2008
Dates: March 27-28, 2008
Location: London, England
Organizer: The conference is being organised by the African HIV Policy Network (AHPN) as part of its sector development and facilitation programme in conjunction with the National African HIV Prevention Programme.

The conference aims to bring together the affected communities, providers, policy makers researchers, commissioners and other stakeholders to share good practice within the HIV sector. It also offers an opportunity to discuss what still needs to be achieved in order to reduce the rates of HIV infection within African communities and improve the care and support offered to those already living with HIV.

For more information, please email nahipconference@ahpn.org

April 2008

2008 Center for AIDS Prevention Studies HIV Prevention Conference: New Directions in HIV Prevention
Dates: April 18, 2008
Location: San Francisco, USA
Organizer: The conference is sponsored by the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies; other co-sponsors include: the UCSF AIDS Research Institute, California HIV/STD Prevention Training Center, California State Office on AIDS, and the City of Berkeley Division of Public Health.

For more information, please email Tess@RDLent.com or call (916)443-0218.

Launch of Children and AIDS: Second stocktaking report, a new report on the global response to the impact of HIV and AIDS on children.
Dates: April 3, 2008
Location: New York, NY
Organizer: The launch is being coordinated by the following people and organizations: Doreen Mulenga, Deputy Chief of HIV/AIDS Section, UNICEF; Kevin De Cock, HIV/AIDS Director, World Health Organization; Paul de Lay, Director of Evidence, Monitoring and Policy, UNAIDS; and David Alnwick, Regional HIV/AIDS Advisor for the East and South Africa Region, UNICEF.

May 2008

Second Eastern Europe and Central Asia AIDS Conference: Accelerating Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care for All
Dates: May 3-5, 2008
Location: Moscow, Russia
Organizer: The conference is organized by UNAIDS, The International AIDS Society, and the Government of the Russian Federation.

The conference will provide dialogue and interaction among political and community leaders, scientists and other researchers, people living with HIV and representatives of civil society from across the region in response to the challenges of the AIDS epidemic. The 2008 Conference will be grounded in the global commitment towards achievement of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.

June 2008

2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting
Dates: June 3-7, 2008
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Organizer: The conference is hosted by the Government of Uganda and is co-sponsored by PEPFAR, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, the Secretariat of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, and UNICEF.

The theme of this year's conference is "Scaling Up Through Partnerships: Overcoming Obstacles to Implementation." Together, implementers will exchange best practices and lessons learned during the implementation of AIDS programmes, with a focus on building the capacity of local prevention, treatment, and care programs; maintaining quality control; and coordination among partners.

August 2008

XVII International AIDS Conference
Dates: August 3-8, 2008
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Organizer: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and its co-sponsors, the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Food Programme (WFP); International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO); Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+)/International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW); World YWCA; Asian Harm Reduction Network (AHRN); Federal Government of Mexico and Government of Mexico City.

The International AIDS Conference will include discussion of scientific, programmatic and policy developments in the global AIDS response. The conference brings together the movement of people responding to the epidemic to share lessons and together stake out the road ahead. An estimated 25,000 participants and 3,000 journalists are expected to attend. The AIDS 2008 theme, Universal Action Now, emphasizes the need for continued urgency in the worldwide response to AIDS, and for action on the part of all stakeholders.

December 2008

World AIDS Day 2008
Dates: December 1, 2008
Location: Worldwide
Organizer: Many

World AIDS Day is a day when people from around the world come together within a single effort to raise awareness about HIV and to express global solidarity with people living with HIV. Many different activities and events are held worldwide. The theme for 2007 and 2008 is "Leadership," which highlights both the political leadership needed to fulfill commitments that have been made in the response to AIDS – particularly the promise of universal access to treatment, prevention, care and support – and celebrating the leadership that has been witnessed at all levels of society.

Africa's Response: Face the Facts
Dates: December 3-7, 2008
Location: Dakar, Senegal
Organizer: The conference is co-sponsored by AAVP, AfriCASO, IAS, IUSTI, La Societe Senegalaise d'Immunologie, NAP+, RARS, RESAPSI, SWAA, UNAIDS, WHO, and the Senegalese Ministry of Health.

At ICASA 2008, international and African experts will evaluate the current state of the HIV and STI epidemics with regard to science, communities and leadership. In addition, the conference will broach topics concerning other, equally important infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and hepatitis.