Adherence & Retention
8 AUGUST 2008: XVII International AIDS Conference Daily Update
TODAY'S NEWS FROM THE XVII INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE
Provided by kaisernetwork.org, a free health policy information service of
the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/aids2008
CONTENTS
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8 August 2008
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1. Sessions
2. Daily Roundup
3. Press Briefing
4. Newsmaker Interviews
5. Podcasts
6. Mexico City Notebook
7. News Summaries
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1. SESSIONS
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Webcasts and podcasts of the following sessions are now available. All AIDS
2008 webcasts are archived and will continue to be available on-demand.
Plenary Session, Day 4, 7 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2927
Understanding the Numbers: from HIV Surveillance to HIV National and Global
HIV Burden Estimates, 7 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2947
Late Breaker Track C, 7 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2942
MenEngage: Developing a Global Movement to Work with Boys and Men for Gender
Equality, 7 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2946
Plenary, Day 5, 8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2941
Rapporteur Summary Session, 8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2943
Closing Session, 8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2944
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2. DAILY ROUNDUP
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Kaisernetwork.org managing editor Jill Braden Balderas reports on the daily
highlights from the XVII International AIDS Conference, Monday, 4 August -
Friday, 8 August, in Mexico City.
The Daily Roundup for Friday, 8 August will be posted later today.
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2838
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3. PRESS BRIEFING
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Official Press Conference, 8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2945
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4. NEWSMAKER INTERVIEWS
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Throughout the AIDS 2008 Conference, the Kaiser Family Foundation's Jackie
Judd has interviewed newsmakers who previewed and summarized conference
developments.
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2836
Webcasts, podcasts and transcripts are available for interviews with:
Mark Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. Department of State
Kevin Fenton, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral
Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention
Former President Festus Gontebanye Mogae, Botswana
Kevin De Cock, M.D., Director of HIV/AIDS Department, World Health
Organization
Phill Wilson, CEO, Black AIDS Institute
Zonibel Woods, Programme Manager, Ford Foundation
Gregg Gonsalves, AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa
Tachi Yamada, M.D., President, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
Craig McClure, IAS Executive Director
Ceci Connolly, Correspondent, Washington Post
Luis Soto-Ramirez, M.D., IAS Conference Co-Chair
Elisabet Fadul, AIDS 2008 Youth Programme Co-Chair
Allyson Leacock, Executive Director, Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership
on HIV/AIDS
Linda Richter, Ph.D., Executive Director, Child Youth Family & Social
Development (South Africa)
Pedro Cahn, M.D., Ph.D., IAS Conference Co-Chair
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5. PODCASTS
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Audio podcasts from the opening and closing sessions, plenary sessions, and
selected other sessions and press conferences are available.
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/aids2008/audio.cfm?lang=en
To subscribe to a podcast feed of select sessions from the conference visit
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/aids2008/podcast.cfm .
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6. MEXICO CITY NOTEBOOK
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Science magazine correspondent Jon Cohen reviewed the day's news at the
conference in daily interviews with Kaiser's Jackie Judd and Larry Levitt.
Mexico City Notebook from Friday, 8 August will be available later today.
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2837
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7. NEWS SUMMARIES
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Conference Addresses Universal Access to Antiretroviral Drugs, Health
Systems
8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=53828
Antibodies Could Prevent HIV Transmission, Research Indicates
8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=53829
About 40% of U.S. Adults Have Received HIV Tests, Study Finds
8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=53830
Advocacy Group at Conference Discusses Rape of Women, Girls in Zimbabwe
After Recent Election
8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=53831
The Economist Examines Setbacks, Progress in Fight Against HIV/AIDS
8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=53832
Countries' Funding Requests in 2008 to Global Fund To Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria Three Times Higher Than 2007 Levels
8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=53833
HIV/AIDS Experts at Conference Express Concern About HIV/AIDS Epidemic in
Former Soviet Union States
8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=53834
Spanish, Latin American NGOs Sign Declaration Urging Governments To
Prioritize Efforts To Fight HIV/AIDS
8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=53835
Survey Finds Number of HIV-Positive People in China Have Become Resistant to
at Least One HIV Drug
8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=53836
Report Released at Conference Calls for More Resources for Home-Based Care
Activities in Zimbabwe
8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=53837
Experts Call for Global Sex, HIV Education Programs To Expand Beyond
Discussions of Safer Sex Practices
8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=53838
Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report Summarizes Reports, Initiatives From
International AIDS Conference
8 August 2008
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=53840
Additional news coverage will be available in the Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS
Report, including summaries of all the news coverage from across the globe.
Available at noon ET, online at
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/hiv .
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