Friday, 25 April 2008The second Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference (EECAAC) on "Accelerating access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for all" will meet in Moscow, Russia, on 3-5 May this year.
The face of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is changing rapidly across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The escalating epidemic threatens to accelerate the demographic crisis, seriously impact the workforce and national security, and put a heavy burden on the health sector in the region.
In order to address the urgent needs of those working in the region to take stock of the situation, share best practices and evidence and mobilize the action the Government of the Russian Federation with support from UNAIDS and the International AIDS Society joined together to organize the largest regional forum.
The first EECAAC, which was held in May 2006, was a groundbreaking event and provided an unprecedented regional forum for regular exchange of experiences and best practices among political leaders, health professionals, scientists, representatives of voluntary organizations, people, living with HIV and donors involved in efforts to combat the HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
The second EECAAC will provide unprecedented opportunity for dialogue and interaction among political and community leaders, scientists and other researchers, people living with HIV and representatives of civil society from across the region in response to the challenges of the AIDS crisis.
More than 2,000 delegates from 50 countries ÔÇô political and public figures, representatives of international and regional non-commercial organizations, scientists and practicing doctors in the field of HIV epidemic ÔÇô are expected to take part in the forum.
The 2008 Conference will be grounded in the global commitment towards achievement of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment care and support by 2010.
This will allow for all aspects of an expanded and improved response to the epidemic to be addressed and examined during plenary sessions, satellite sessions and workshops complemented by a wide range of information materials. These include efficient systems to provide quality treatment balanced with the robust prevention programs, especially those targeting vulnerable populations such as injecting drug users, men who have sex with men, commercial sex workers, women and young people.
The Uzbek Health Ministry has supported the holding of the conference and has undertaken a number of organizational and administrative issues. Uzbekistan at the conference will be represented by some 30 specialists, including Bahtiyar Niyazmatov, Deputy Health Minister, Head Sanitary Doctor of Uzbekistan, Tatyana Kalashnikova, Member of Moscow Forum Organizational Committee, Co-Chairwoman of Nauka (Science) Programme Committee, and Mumtoz Khakimov, Chairman of Country Coordination Committee.
April 25, 2008 |
Friday, 25 April 2008
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