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	International Conference on AIDS , Ethiopia an article by Diana Tashkova One of the largest events in Africa is the biennial International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections ( ICASA). It took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4-8th of December 2011 under the theme “Own, Scale-up and Sustain”at the Millennium Conference Center. People with disabilites compaigning click on photo to enlarge More than 10, 000 delegates including scientists, health workers, people living with HIV, policy makers and civil society came from 103 countries to share their experience, success and challenges in the fight against AIDS. People living with AIDS, persons living in resource-limited countries, students and researchers were awarded scholarships to attend one of the major international AIDS conferences thirty years after AIDS was first discovered as a new disease. Following the Millennium Developments Goals ( MDG 6) during the congress were presented poster exhibition, abstracts, projects, workshops for community, plenary speeches and special sessions. A lot of the presentations and discussions concerned HIV vulnerability of women, children and youths, sexual reproductive rights, rights of people living with AIDS, rights of minorities and people with disabilities, etc. ICASA served as a platform for knowledge ,experience and opportunities for access to HIV prevention, care and treatment responding to the need of development, partnership, collaboration and advocacy to intensify the HIV response.		DISCUSSION There is no question yet associated with this article.
This report was posted on February 12, 2012.