World AIDS Conference

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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
01 1985 United StatesUnited States Atlanta
02 1986 FranceFrance Paris
03 1987 United StatesUnited States Washington, DC
04th 1988 SwedenSweden Stockholm
05 1989 CanadaCanada Montréal The Scientific and Social Challenge of AIDS
06th 1990 United StatesUnited States San Francisco AIDS in the 1990s: From Science to Politics
07th 1991 ItalyItaly Florence Science challenges AIDS
08th 1992 NetherlandsNetherlands Amsterdam One world united against AIDS
09 1993 GermanyGermany Berlin
10 1994 JapanJapan Yokohama The global challenge of AIDS: Together for the future
11 1996 CanadaCanada Vancouver One world, one hope
12 1998 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Geneva Bridging the Gap (Gap bridge) www.hon.ch/aids98
13 2000 South AfricaSouth Africa Durban Break the silence
14th 2002 SpainSpain Barcelona Knowledge and commitment to action
15th 2004 ThailandThailand Bangkok Access for everyone www.aids2004.org
16 2006 CanadaCanada Toronto Time to Deliver www.aids2006.org
17th 2008 MexicoMexico Mexico city Universal Action Now www.aids2008.org
18th 2010 AustriaAustria Vienna Rights Here, Right Now www.aids2010.org
19th 2012 United StatesUnited States Washington, DC Turning the Tide Together www.aids2012.org
20th 2014 AustraliaAustralia Melbourne Stepping up the pace www.aids2014.org
21st 2016 South AfricaSouth Africa Durban Access Equity Rights Now www.aids2016.org
22nd 2018 NetherlandsNetherlands Amsterdam Breaking barriers, building bridges www.aids2018.org

See also

Web links

Commons : International AIDS Conference  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. World AIDS Conference: HIV Theory Affirmed. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2000; 97 (28-29): A-1932 / B-1628 / C-1524
  2. ^ The Durban Declaration . In: Nature . 406, No. 6791, 2000, pp. 15-16. PMID 10894520 .