21st International AIDS Conference, 18-22 July 2016

14 Jul 2016
AIDS 2016 Conference
14 Jul 2016

"South Africa will host the AIDS 2016 Conference scheduled for Durban, from 18-22 July 2016.

The theme of AIDS 2016, “Access Equity Rights Now”, is a call to action to work together and reach the people who still lack access to comprehensive treatment, prevention, care and support services."

"AIDS 2016 aims to reinvigorate the response to HIV and AIDS by: 

AIDS 2016 aims to reinvigorate the response to HIV and AIDS by: 
 

  1. Bringing together the world’s experts to advance knowledge about HIV, present new research findings, and promote and enhance scientific and community collaborations around the world; 
     
  2. Promoting HIV responses that are supported by and tailored to the needs of at risk populations or people living with HIV, including women and girls, men who have sex with men, transgender people, sex workers, young people, and people who use drugs;
     
  3. Promoting activism and community mobilization that holds leaders, industry, and governments accountable and increases their commitment to an evidence-based, human-rights-affirming HIV and AIDS response; 
     
  4. Advancing a clear agenda for HIV in a post-2015 framework, including the cross-cutting issues of criminalization, gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health, rights, and stigma and discrimination that keep people living with HIV at the center of the HIV response; and 
     
  5. Building innovative partnerships with businesses, community, government, and science to strengthen HIV prevention and treatment efforts."