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First-Ever National Conference to Assess State of U.S. HIV Prevention
- Atlanta Meeting, August 29-September 1, 1999, is First to Bring Together Leading Professionals to Assess Advances in Efforts to Track and Control HIV -
ATLANTA, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 2,000 leading scientists, researchers and policy analysts will gather at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Atlanta for the National HIV Prevention Conference, the first meeting of its kind exclusively devoted to scientific efforts to monitor and prevent HIV in the US.
The conference is convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and seventeen other sponsoring organizations, including Office of AIDS Research/NIH, National Minority AIDS Council and the National Association of People with AIDS. Conference attendees will discuss new data on trends in HIV infection and AIDS mortality, as well as hundreds of presentations and posters on the latest and best efforts to contain the epidemic through behavioral and biomedical interventions.
A special focus of the conference will be the impact of HIV on African-American communities, which remain disproportionately affected by the epidemic. Data presented will include HIV incidence among African Americans at highest risk, including young gay men, as well as the latest statistics on AIDS mortality among African Americans.
Other data released in Atlanta will include the latest national figures on AIDS mortality, new data on rates of HIV infection among high-risk populations, the first comprehensive report on HIV in U.S. prisons, as well as analyses of the challenges of HIV prevention in the era of new AIDS treatments. Special presentations will be also made on the applications of a new HIV test that allows for unprecedented measurement of the time of new HIV infections.
Featured speakers at the meeting will include David Satcher, MD, PhD, US Surgeon General and former head of the CDC; Jeffrey Koplan, MD, MPH, Director of the CDC; Helene Gayle, MD, MPH, Director of the CDC's National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention; White House Coordinator of AIDS Policy Sandra Thurman; Cornelius Baker, Executive Director of NAPWA; Tom Coates, MD, of the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies; and Don Des Jarlais, PhD, Beth Israel Medical Center.
Press Program
Beginning Sunday, August 29, conference organizers will sponsor five media briefings featuring the most significant research and findings from the conference, and addressing critical challenges facing the field of HIV prevention. All research is embargoed until the time of presentation. The press program will include:
Sunday, Aug. 29
4:00 PM, EDT State of the Epidemic, with opening remarks by Jeffrey
Koplan, MD, MPH, Director of the CDC, Helene Gayle, MD,
MPH, Director of the CDC's National Center for HIV, STD
and TB Prevention; David Satcher, MD, PhD, US Surgeon
General; Neal Nathanson, MD, Director of the Office of
AIDS Research; James Curran, MD, MPH, Dean of the Rollins
School of Public Health at Emory University; Ron
Valdiserri, CDC; and Sandra Thurman, White House Office of
AIDS Policy Coordinator.
Mon., August 30
12:00 PM, EDT
Latest HIV surveillance and AIDS mortality data.
Researchers will present latest data on trends in AIDS
mortality and HIV incidence among high-risk populations.
A special presentation will be given on how new
technologies -- including a modified HIV antibody test --
are allowing scientists to measure the time of new HIV
infections with unprecedented precision.
Mon., August 30
3:00 PM, EDT
HIV/AIDS and African Americans. Data will be presented on
how African-American heterosexuals, gay men and women face
higher rates of AIDS mortality and HIV infection.
Research will reveal overlooked factors -- such as
bisexuality -- that help fuel the epidemic in this
community.
Tue., August 31
12:00 PM, EDT
Underrecognized Factors in HIV/AIDS. Unseen factors
affecting the progression of the epidemic will be
discussed, including studies on the effects of new AIDS
treatments on HIV risk behaviors, the most comprehensive
data to date on the HIV epidemic in America's prisons,
data on new outbreaks of STDs among gay men, and the
latest STD trends nationwide and their relationship to HIV
transmission.
Tue., August 31
3:00 PM, EDT
The Next Generation: Youth and HIV. Gay and bisexual
youth, particularly youth of color, face dangerously high
HIV rates, and data on risk behaviors overall is mixed.
New findings to be presented include: prevention programs
that work for HIV- and HIV+ youth, the importance of HIV
testing, and risk behavior data for young injection drug
users.
Media Registration and Facilities
Registration: Journalists are encouraged to submit registration forms as soon as possible. A limited number of hotel rooms have been reserved for the media and are being assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Only credentialed journalists will be permitted to register as media. Registration forms and media policies by which all registered reporters must abide can be obtained by calling 212-584-5016.
On-site Resources: A full-service press center will provide printers, telephones, interview rooms and computers with Internet access.
Off-site Resources: Reporters unable to attend the meeting will be able to listen in on all press conferences via a toll-free telephone number. In addition, press releases and conference information will be posted on the conference web site, cdc.gov.
SOURCE Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CO: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ST: Georgia
IN: HEA
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