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7 unusual facts about International AIDS Society


Catholic Church and HIV/AIDS

It also pointed out that the pope's statement had provoked "an unprecedented amount of international condemnation," including by the president of the International AIDS Society.

Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise

In collaboration with the National Press Foundation and the International AIDS Society, the Enterprise organized a training program for science journalists to report on the conferences.

Kamiar and Arash Alaei incident

Various human rights groups, including PHR, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Human Rights Watch, and the International AIDS Society endorsed a petition called for the Alaeis’ release.

Microbicides for sexually transmitted diseases

On February 1, 2007, the International AIDS Society announced that two phase III trials of cellulose sulfate had been stopped because preliminary results suggested a potential increased risk of HIV in women who used the compound.

National Press Foundation

From 2002 until 2011 NPF collaborated with the International AIDS Society on 3 or 4 day conferences for 35-60 journalists to prepare them to better cover the subject back home and to prepare them to cover the conferences that would immediately follow the training.

XIV International AIDS Conference, 2002

The International AIDS Society selected this theme to emphasize the need for the general community and public and private sector organizations, scientists, and social workers to commit to use the knowledge gained through science and experience take action.

XIX International AIDS Conference, 2012

The International AIDS Society formally announced that Washington D.C. would host the conference on February 25, 2011.



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Selma Dritz

Dr. Paul Volberding, former president of the International AIDS Society who helped found the first AIDS clinic at San Francisco General Hospital in the 1980s said of Dr. Dritz: She was an absolutely wonderful person, and played an incredibly important role during those early days of the epidemic...