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.