Theme announced
for upcoming International AIDS Conference

With the 25th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS approaching, organizers of the XVI International AIDS Conference, to be held in Toronto August 13-18, on Monday announced the theme and focus for the conference. The theme is "Time to Deliver" and underscores the conference's focus on bringing effective HIV prevention, care, and treatment to communities throughout the world.

"The AIDS 2006 theme recognizes the need to accelerate scientific research while also dramatically expanding access to the knowledge and tools currently available to prevent new infections and prolong life among people living with HIV/AIDS," said conference cochairwoman Helene Gayle, president of the International AIDS Society and president and CEO of CARE, in a press statement. "The challenge at hand is to garner the resources and the collective will to translate existing knowledge and experience into broadly available HIV prevention and treatment programs."

For more information or to register for the conference, go online to www.aids2006.org.