HIV ATLAS

Dear Friends,

Please join me and other supporters of public health and development for a Symposium and Celebration on Global Health on September 20th in Elmhurst, IL.

22 to 27 March 2009
Keystone, Colorado, United States

Website: http://www.keystonesymposia.org/9x3
Contact name: Keystone Symposia

1 to 6 March 2009
Taos, New Mexico, United States

Website: http://www.keystonesymposia.org/9c6
Contact name: Keystone Symposia

8 to 13 February 2009
Keystone, Colorado, United States

Website: http://www.keystonesymposia.org/9b6
Contact name: Keystone Symposia

7 to 10 December 2008
San Diego, California, United States

Website: http://termis.org/na2008
Contact name: Gina Saxton

30 November 2008 to 2 December 2008
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Website: http://www.iapac08.org
Contact name: Sheryl Corey

31 October 2008 to 2 November 2008
San Diego, California, United States

Website: http://www.isbtc.org/meetings/am08/
Contact name: Chloe Surinak

30 October 2008
San Diego, California, United States

Website: http://www.isbtc.org/meetings/am08/primer08/
Contact name: Chloe Surinak

30 October 2008
San Diego, Californa, United States

Website: http://www.isbtc.org/meetings/am08/primer08/
Contact name: Chloe Surinak

30 October 2008
San Diego, California, United States

Website: http://www.isbtc.org/meetings/am08/workshop08/
Contact name: Chloe Surinak

29 to 31 October 2008
South Padre Island, Texas, United States

Website: http://www.valleyaids.org
Contact name: Charles Smith

Conference Announcement / Call for papers

29 October 2008
San Diego, California, United States

Website: http://www.isbtc.org/meetings/am08/grs08/
Contact name: Chloe Surinak

28 to 30 October 2008
New York, New York, United States

Website: http://www.nyas.org/cvaconf
Contact name: NYAS

22 to 25 October 2008
Seattle, Washington, United States

Website: http://glma.org
Contact name: Laura Thomas (conference planner)

22 to 25 October 2008
Seattle, Washington, United States

Website: http://www.glma.org
Contact name: Jim Beaudreau

15 to 18 October 2008
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Website: http://www.nyas.org/ot4conf

22 to 24 September 2008
Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Website: http://ceattc.org
Contact name: Kathleen Hauck

9 to 10 August 2008
Newport, RI, United States

Website: http://www.cme.hsc.usf.edu/neuroprotection
Contact name: University of South Florida Registration

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California officials are partnering with several AIDS advocacy groups to launch a new statewide HIV testing campaign, Test for Life California. The California Medical Association, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, and the Health Officers Association of California are sponsoring the initiative.

The campaign begins June 26 in preparation of National HIV Testing Day.

The Gay Men's Health Crisis has released a statement criticizing the New York State legislature for passing a bill mandating HIV testing for indicted rapists.

The organization believes that the tests may provide misleading information that could encourage survivors of sexual assault to delay,discontinue, or not start HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) treatment. Several respected medical bodies, including the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization, recommend that PEP treatment be given immediately unless it is known that the assailant is HIV-negative.