International AIDS Society


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Julio Montaner  
IAS President,
Prof. Julio Montaner

Incoming statement from President Julio Montaner at AIDS 2008
Sign Your Support for the Sydney Declaration 

Not less than 10% of all resources dedicated to HIV programming should be used for research towards optimizing interventions utilized and health outcomes achieved. Read and sign the Sydney Declaration.

International AIDS Society (IAS) Statement Regarding Brigada Callejera's Claim of an IAS Sanction for Demonstrating at the AIDS 2008 Closing Session

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08 August 2008 - Julio Montaner (Canada) becomes IAS President, Elly Katabira (Uganda) elected IAS President-Elect

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06 August 2008 - Social exclusion and lack of HIV prevention programmes for men who have sex with men escalating new HIV infections in major cities of the global south.

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05 August 2008 - Treatment as a prevention tool: Expansion of highly active anti retroviral therapy programmes could substantially reduce new HIV infections

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04 August 2008 - The Global HIV Prevention Working Group has issued its new report "Behavior Change and HIV Prevention: (Re)Considerations for the 21st Century".

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04 August 2008 - Mexican Government Lauded for Allowing Life-Saving Medicines for Conference Delegates

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03 August 2008 - International AIDS Society and Partners Recognize Outstanding Young Researchers from Around the World at AIDS 2008

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AIDS 2008, IAS Executive Director, Craig McClure's Opening Remarks at MSM Summit in Mexico

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Faith in Action Now, AIDS 2008 Pre-conference

IAS Executive Director, Craig McClure's opening remarks

Consensus Statement Public Health Approach to ART

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29 July 2008 - IAS calls for immediate release of Iranian clinicians

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Open letter on PEPFAR conference arrests in Uganda

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IAS applauds U.S. Senate passage of PEPFAR and repeal of discriminatory and ineffective HIV entry and immigration ban

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(Translation kindly provided by Holger Pfister of www.hiv-facts.net)

IAS receives Gates Foundation grant to strengthen global and regional HIV/AIDS conferencing and advocacy partnerships

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16 July 2008 - International AIDS Society and Kaiser Family Foundation partner to offer daily, comprehensive coverage of conference for free

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Denying entry, stay and residence due to HIV status, ten things you need to know.

Read the advocacy document developed by the International Task Team on HIV-related Travel Restrictions in English and Spanish.

Online coverage of the XVII International AIDS conference by kaisernetwork.org

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IAS Statement On The International Day Against Drug Abuse And Illicit Trafficking

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IAS President Pedro Cahn and Executive Director Craig McClure on the critical importance of operations research as part of rolling out HIV interventions and strengthening health systems.

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IAS challenges international community to meet universal access targets by 2010 and MDG6 - 19 June 2008

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The Africa “15% Now!” Campaign urges African Heads of State and Government to keep the pledge to allocate 15% of national budgets to health. Read more

International Task Team on HIV-related Travel Restrictions created by UNAIDS
IAS serves as Task Team Secretariat. Read more


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We connect. By convening the world’s largest meetings on HIV/AIDS, IAS provides critical platforms for presenting new research, sharing best practice and advancing the fight against HIV/AIDS.

We promote. By promoting dialogue, education and networking, IAS helps close gaps in knowledge and expertise at every level of the response.

We mobilize. By providing support services to our members, we help them do what they do best, advancing the state of the art and expanding access to HIV prevention, treatment and impact mitigation.


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