VIII International Conference on AIDS/III STD World Conference Launched at Critical Moment in HIV/AIDS Pandemic [International Conference on AIDS (8th: 1992: Amsterdam, The Netherlands)]

VIII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AIDS/III STD WORLD CONFERENCE
LAUNCHED AT CRITICAL MOMENT IN HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC
-- More than 9,000 delegates to attend 1992 Harvard-Amsterdam Conference --
- Chair Jonathan Mann calls for new strategies for global action against the AIDS
epidemic --
The VIII International Conference on AIDS/III STD World Congress marks a
critical week in the history of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, say organizers of the 1992
Harvard-Amsterdam meeting, Harvard University and the Dutch Foundation-AIDS
Conference 1992.
"The global effort against HIV/AIDS has reached a dangerous impasse," said
Conference Chair Jonathan Mann. "A realistic analysis reveals that the gap between the
expanding HIV/AIDS epidemic and lagging national and international response is
increasing rapidly, leaving the world more vulnerable to the spread of HIV." Current
global approaches have underestimated both the scope of the pandemic and how to contend
with it, according to Dr. Mann.
"We know that we have the capacity to control AIDS and to care for all affected,"
said Dr. Mann. During the past ten years, we have gained enormous technical knowledge
and learned effective methods of HIV prevention. Occurring at this time, the 1992
Harvard-Amsterdam AIDS Conference is our opportunity to create a new, creative,
decisive agenda for progress against HIV/AIDS."
More than 9,000 AIDS experts are attending the meeting from over 125 countries
worldwide. Dr. Joost Ruitenberg, Conference Co-Chair, noted that the Conference has
been organized to reflect and increase understanding of the global nature of the pandemic.
Abstracts submitted from developing countries increased significantly over the previous
year's meeting in Florence, with a 72% increase in those submitted from Africa and a
90% increase from Asia. "The developing world is increasingly bearing the burden of the
HIV/AIDS pandemic," said Dr. Ruitenberg, "accounting for approximately 80% of the
world's HJV infections. We have created a program to help make progress in regions
hardest hit by HIV/AIDS."
Participation from the United States has also increased since the Florence
meeting. More than 3,200 U.S. researchers are attending the Harvard-Amsterdam
Conference, compared with 2861 in Florence. "We're particularly pleased that moving

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