World AIDS Conference
The World AIDS Conference ( English International AIDS Conference ) is held regularly by the International AIDS Society . It is the most important meeting of scientists and non-scientists on the subject of HIV and AIDS .
An important characteristic of the conference is the Global Village as a meeting place for those affected, relatives and representatives of the helping and healing professions, in which the terminally ill often demonstrate their will to survive through artistic performances and the global community of the infected meets and exchanges. Hope nonetheless is the motto of the colorful spectacle that is reminiscent of the Rio Carnival , the Christopher Street Day parades or the Life Ball . The conferences were initially held annually, and from 1994 every two years. The last World AIDS Conference took place from July 18-22, 2016 in Durban , South Africa . The next conference will be held in Amsterdam from July 23-27, 2018 .
history
Highlights
The first conference was held in 1985 in Atlanta , Georgia , United States . Further conferences planned in the USA could not be held there - due to the entry ban for people with HIV and AIDS - and had to be relocated to Amsterdam and Vancouver at short notice .
While the focus of the conferences in the 1980s was on understanding the effects of the virus on the organism and the course of the disease, the early 1990s were characterized by the first successes of combination therapy and the question of how the therapy can be used most sensibly and effectively .
While the early World AIDS Conferences sought social acceptance and against discrimination, the global breakthrough against silence did not come until 2000 in Durban . After South African President Thabo Mbeki questioned scientific knowledge and supported the theories of the AIDS deniers around Peter Duesberg , more than 5,000 scientists and doctors from over 50 countries, including a dozen Nobel Prize winners, declared that HIV was clearly the cause of AIDS. Mbeki's predecessor, Nelson Mandela , also unequivocally sided with the scientists in his closing speech.
List of all conferences
No. | year | place | title | Website |
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1 | 1985 | Atlanta | ||
2 | 1986 | Paris | ||
3 | 1987 | Washington, DC | ||
4th | 1988 | Stockholm | ||
5 | 1989 | Montréal | The Scientific and Social Challenge of AIDS | |
6th | 1990 | San Francisco | AIDS in the 1990s: From Science to Politics | |
7th | 1991 | Florence | Science challenges AIDS | |
8th | 1992 | Amsterdam | One world united against AIDS | |
9 | 1993 | Berlin | ||
10 | 1994 | Yokohama | The global challenge of AIDS: Together for the future | |
11 | 1996 | Vancouver | One world, one hope | |
12 | 1998 | Geneva | Bridging the Gap (Gap bridge) | www.hon.ch/aids98 |
13 | 2000 | Durban | Break the silence | |
14th | 2002 | Barcelona | Knowledge and commitment to action | |
15th | 2004 | Bangkok | Access for everyone | www.aids2004.org |
16 | 2006 | Toronto | Time to Deliver | www.aids2006.org |
17th | 2008 | Mexico city | Universal Action Now | www.aids2008.org |
18th | 2010 | Vienna | Rights Here, Right Now | www.aids2010.org |
19th | 2012 | Washington, DC | Turning the Tide Together | www.aids2012.org |
20th | 2014 | Melbourne | Stepping up the pace | www.aids2014.org |
21st | 2016 | Durban | Access Equity Rights Now | www.aids2016.org |
22nd | 2018 | Amsterdam | Breaking barriers, building bridges | www.aids2018.org |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ World AIDS Conference: HIV Theory Affirmed. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2000; 97 (28-29): A-1932 / B-1628 / C-1524
- ^ The Durban Declaration . In: Nature . 406, No. 6791, 2000, pp. 15-16. PMID 10894520 .