AIDS 2008 - Mexico City 3-8 August 2008 - XVII International AIDS Conference

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	Photo Library

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Closing Comments

AIDS 2008: Final comments from Conference Chairs and IAS President

Official press releases

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

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

08 August 2008 - Global public health goals thwarted by human rights violations, gender inequality and stigma

07 August 2008 - HIV experts underscore natural alliance between the response to AIDS and efforts to expand primary care, strengthen health systems in poor countries

Read additional press releases issued by the conference.

Opening session speeches

Daily conference newspaper

During the conference, read the latest news and developments as featured in the GlobalVoice.

Other News

05 August 2008 - Spain's Minister of Health Soria Announces the Addition of Lipoatrophy Repairing Treatment to the Common Services Portfolio of the National Health System

Conference Blog in German (kindly provided by www.hivfacts.net)

Media registration

More information about on-site registration, including accreditation requirements, is available here.

Online registration will close on 28 July, you can register on-site from 29 July.

Expanded online coverage

Clinical Care Options is the official online provider of scientific information for AIDS 2008. CCO’s online coverage begins the week of 3 August and includes Capsule Summaries of important clinical data, downloadable slidesets, audio and video commentaries, and more.

Daily aidsmap Conference News from AIDS 2008

The organizers of the International AIDS Conference are grateful to the conference host broadcaster, Canal Once, for its valued support.

Broadcast-quality video available to the media

The Kaiser Family Foundation will make available to the media broadcast-quality videos of developments from the conference. More information is available here.

On-site press conference schedule

A daily schedule and list of speakers for all official and other third party press conferences to be held in the on-site Media Centre. (last updated 04 August)

Other resources for journalists

Photo library

Free, high resolution photos from AIDS 2008 for use by the media and others (with appropriate credit) are available here.

Programme highlights

A list of programme highlights is available here.

For a full list of conference sessions and activities, see the online Programme-at-a-Glance.

Fact sheets

Fact Sheets and other background information about AIDS 2008 and the conference programme are available here.

Major speakers bios

Short bios of all plenary speakers and other major speakers who are participating in AIDS 2008.

MSM Conference Guidebook - The Pink Pages

Highlights of MSM-related program activities at the conference

Rapporteur summaries

Throughout the week an international team of rapporteurs will be on-site to report on conference sessions and describe major findings and discussion. Session reports and daily summaries are available here.

Media guide

A guide to the on-site Media and Broadcast Centre (last updated 23 July).

Other useful information

HIV/AIDS Reporting Manual
The Kaiser Family Foundation’s Reporting Manual on HIV/AIDS was recently updated and is available in several languages.

Glossaries of HIV/AIDS terms
A useful directory of online glossaries of AIDS-related terms, including scientific terms.

Online HIV/AIDS data and statistics
Global data on HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and more are available on GlobalHealthFacts.org, a service of the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Contacts

Information Centre

+52 55 5268 2818
+52 55 5268 2419
+52 55 5268 2417 (fax)

Karen Bennett (Switzerland)
Communications Manager
media@iasociety.org

Mallory Smuts (Switzerland)
Communications Officer
media@iasociety.org

Mona Dolan (Switzerland)
Web Officer
media@iasociety.org

Pierre Peyrot (Thailand)
Media Centre Manager
media@iasociety.org

Regina Aragón
(California, USA)
Communications Consultant
media@iasociety.org

Leandro Cahn
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Communications Consultant
media@iasociety.org

Julia Velázquez
(Mexico City, Mexico)
Regional Media Consultant
media@iasociety.org

Liliana Ávalos
(Mexico City, Mexico)
Regional Media Consultant
media@iasociety.org