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Listed below are past events (i.e., conferences, seminars) that relate to male circumcision for HIV prevention. Event materials and/or links to the event are included when available. To view upcoming events, click here.
11th International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections World Congress, 9 - 12 November, 2009
Cape Town, South Africa
This Congress provides an opportunity for specialists and trainees in sexual health, HIV medicine, public health, microbiology, epidemiology and behavioural science from the northern and southern hemispheres to share skills and experience. Participants will be able to discuss the latest advances and progress in the STI field from the varied viewpoints of clinical practice, STI biology, laboratory detection, public health epidemiology, sexual behaviour and research into STI-HIV interactions. The scientific programme will contain many internationally respected speakers and will ensure a state-of-art, evidence-based and cutting-edge Congress.
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MC and Women: Join the Online Discussion, 10 August - 4 September, 2009
Medical male circumcision reduces men’s risk of HIV infection, but what are its implications for women? The Clearinghouse on Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention e-Discussion Team has partnered with several respected and well-established international e-forums on HIV to host a series of forums about this question. To join these lively and informative discussions, subscribe to the e-forums listed below.
E-Forums Series Schedule
5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogensis, Treatment and Prevention, 19 - 22 July, 2009
Cape Town, South Africa
As the fifth conference in the HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention series, IAS 2009 featured reports on the latest developments in the areas of basic, clinical and prevention science. More than 30 abstracts about male circumcision were accepted for oral presentations or poster sessions at the conference abstracts relating to male circumcision were presented at the conference.
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Also, the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) created a "roadmap" that provides information on sessions and events of interest for HIV prevention research advocates. Several of these sessions involve male circumcision scale up, programmes, or services. To read the AVAC roadmap, click here (2009, PDF, 177 KB).
18th International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), 28 June - 1 July, 2009
London, UK
The ISSTDR exists to promote research on sexually transmitted diseases. During the three decades since the Society was founded, the ISSTDR meetings have been the premier scientific conferences that address the entire breadth of research on STD, including HIV infections, and encompassing microbiology, virology, immunobiology, pathogenesis, and other basic sciences; clinical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, epidemiology, and prevention; and research in health services, public health, and prevention policy.
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4th Annual South Africa AIDS Conference, March 31 - April 3, 2009
Durban, South Africa
Our theme this year: ‘Scaling up for success’ recognised that there was an urgency to take stock of best practices in treatment and prevention and to scale these up sufficiently to begin to roll back the onslaught in numbers and impact that the epidemic is currently waging in Southern Africa.
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XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, August 2-8, 2008
“From Scalpel to Scale Up: Shaping Perceptions of Male Circumcision," conference proceedings held in Mexico City, August 2, 2008. The proceedings summarise all the presentations from the conference.
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