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Regional Partnerships
IAS' Work in the World's Regions
The IAS focuses on three strategic areas of regional development:
Strengthening of Relations and Collaboration with Regional AIDS Networks and Societies
The IAS believes that strong, sustainable regional networks of people working in HIV and AIDS are a major driving force for action and change. As a result, we are currently developing relationships with the following regional AIDS societies and networks:
Supporting Regional AIDS Conferences Through our support of regional conferences, we aim to improve the quality of governance, programming and logistics, so that regional conferences can be a premier occasion for networking, agenda setting, exchange of information and experience, and the showcase of best practice. These conferences are also an opportunity for measuring progress and asserting accountability. Through our collaboration with the regional conferences, we aim to link the regional conferences with one another, and with the international AIDS conferences.
The IAS is collaborating, to varying degrees, with a number of regional and sub-regional AIDS conferences, including: Connecting and Mobilizing Individual IAS Members in the Regions This helps people interact in a coherent and efficient way with other professionals, and helps form an effective resource for scale up of prevention, treatment, care and support.
Regional News
- SAA Reopens Bidding to Host ICASA 2011
The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA), the custodian of the International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA), reopened bidding to host ICASA 2011 after the first round did not yield a successful bid. ICASA 2008, the last conference, was held in Dakar, Senegal, in December 2008.
All countries that submitted bids in the earlier round were asked to reapply.
The closing date for submission of bid documents was 15 April 2009. The successful bid will be announced on 20 June 2009.
Contact information:
SAA Secretariat Abuja
Plot 833 Ralph Shodeinde Street
Central Business District
NACA Premises
Abuja
Nigeria
Phone: + 234 9 67 20 21 5
Email: info@saafrica.org
Website: www.saafrica.org
- Latest information on the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP 9)
- Challenges of Drug Use to be highlighted at EECAAC 2009
- Fourth Regional Resource Group Meeting, 21-22 November 2008
The Fourth Regional Resource Group (RRG) meeting was held on 21-22 of November in Aïn Soukhna, Egypt. The main objectives of the meeting were to bring additional strategic thinking to the work of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the MENA region and to identify the needs for CSOs action in the region.
To read all articles on the 2 Regional Arab Network against AIDS, visit www.ranaa.net.
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IAS Session at CONCASIDA 2010
Future of ART: Scale Up Research shows that ART is effective for prevention and there is general consensus that ART guidelines should consider the added potential preventive impact of expanding ART coverage. This also should be considered when discussing the optimal time for the initiation of ARV therapy. This session discussed ways in which current therapy can be optimized and the role of the new treatment guidelines in the Latin American context. As the pace of ART programme scale-up in low and middle-income countries increases, a growing number of questions are emerging on how to effectively scale up and manage ART, ART as prevention, new treatment guidelines, drug-related complications, resistance and the ability of health systems to monitor adverse events and ART. Presentations for download:Optimizar el tratamiento antirretroviral Monitoreo del TARV y efectos adversos Resistencia del VIH a los ARvs VIH: El tratamiento como prevención
EECAAC 2009 Evaluation ReportThe report is available for download in: EnglishRussian
IAS support to ICASA 2008 View the report prepared by the IAS Secretariat. ICASA Workshop Material "Monitoring & evaluation towards tracking HIV/AIDS response progress" English | French"Developing the IAS’ Strategy for 2010-2014: IAS Members’ Strategy Consultation" English | French
AIDS 2008 Key OutcomesView the presentation made in Dakar at ICASA 2008.
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