New Call for Abstracts and Registration [International Conference on AIDS (8th: 1992: Amsterdam, Netherlands)]

meeting of the III STD World Congress
and the VIII International Conference on
AIDS marks a historical juncture in our
efforts to coordinate worldwide control
of the spread of HIV infection.
This connection is direct and meaningful: in most countries, sexual contact is
the principle mode of transmission of
HIV, and it has been clearly shown that
the risk of such sexual transmission is
enhanced by the concomitant presence of
other sexually transmitted infections.
Sexually transmitted diseases represent a
major health threat throughout the
world, and their complications have a
significant impact on society. These considerations, combined with the shortage
of global health care resources and an increased awareness of common interven
tion strategies, have led many nations
and national and international organizations to begin integrating HIV and STD
prevention and control programs. By
joining the primary international meetings of the two disciplines, we hope to
spur this process, thus increasing our efficiency and success in combatting not
only AIDS but all STDs.
The International AIDS Society
The International AIDS Society (IAS) is
composed of physicians, scientists, and
other individuals dedicated to advancing
our understanding of the HIV epidemic.
The IAS selects sites for each International AIDS Conference, and works as a
co-sponsor to maintain the Conference
as a vital forum for information ex
change in the many disciplines involved
in the epidemic. As an international organization, the IAS seeks to improve the
recognition that the HIV epidemic is a
growing problem for all regions and
peoples of the world. To this end, the
IAS helps support Conference attendance
by developing country delegates and is
also increasingly committed to the sponsorship of regional conferences, as well.
Additionally, the IAS has played an active role in addressing issues which
threaten the free exchange of scientific
information, such as HIV-directed travel
restrictions. The International AIDS Society, still a young organization, hopes to
continue to build an active membership
which best represents the commitment
we feel to HIV research.

SIDA
UNE MENACE POUR
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