OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 07/20/12 -- The Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) is proud to announce it will one again host Canada Exhibit for the third consecutive time at the International AIDS Society Conference, AIDS 2012, held in Washington, DC. The conference will take place from Sunday, July 22 through July 27, 2012.
Canada Exhibit, funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada, is a partnership, guided by CAS, of 35 organizations, including federal, provincial and territorial governments, as well as non-governmental organizations and community-based AIDS service organization. It highlights the work being done in field of HIV/AIDS by over 100 Canadian organizations, both domestically and abroad.
"This is THE destination for international conference delegates to learn about Canada's role in making HIV history, as well as for Canadians to meet with their counterparts from both Canada and around the globe," says Monique Doolittle-Romas, Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian AIDS Society. "It's a prime opportunity to put Canada's efforts to fight HIV up on the world stage."
Visitors to the conference are welcome to drop by at Booth # 35 of Hall D, on the Exhibit Floor. The booth at Canada Exhibit will offer a bulletin board to post announcements about Canadian activities at the conference or to leave messages for other delegates, two areas to meet quietly and chat with delegates, as well as a learning area, where the presentations will take place.
A looped video will also feature Canadian milestones in the response to the pandemic, from the first AIDS diagnosis in our country, to the passing of Bill C-9, the Canadian Access to Medicines Regime, as well as new and innovative HIV vaccine discovery and social research projects highlighted this on World AIDS Day 2011.
Throughout the conference, Canada Exhibit will also highlight hour-long presentations by various groups and individuals working in HIV/AIDS nation-wide on a vast range of topical HIV issues, including treatment as prevention, criminalization of HIV non-disclosure and HIV and hepatitis C co-infection, to name just a few. (Consult the attached Appendix for a complete list of all presentations). Volunteers at the booth will also offer visitors a souvenir USB key with a sample of some of the unique and ground-breaking work being done in HIV in our country.
Keeping Canadians abreast of conference events, CAS staff on-site will be tweeting out messages with highlights. To keep updated, visit the Twitter feed: @canadaaids2012 (followed through #canbooth). You can also become a Facebook friend at: http://www.facebook.com/canada.washington.
Canadian AIDS Society
The Canadian AIDS Society is a national coalition of over 120 community-based AIDS organizations from across Canada. Dedicated to strengthening the response to HIV/AIDS across all sectors of society, we also work to enrich the lives of people and communities living with HIV/AIDS. We accomplish this by advocating on behalf of people and communities affected by HIV/AIDS, facilitating the development of programs, services and resources for our member groups, and providing a national framework for community-based participation in Canada's response to AIDS.
Canada Exhibit - Presentation Schedule
IAS 2012 - Washington, D.C.
Sunday July 22, 2012
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14h30 Canadian World AIDS Day Campaign
Kim Thomas, Canadian AIDS Society
16h00 Using the Canadian Transmission Guidelines in Your
Prevention Work
Brian Huskins, Canadian PHA
Monday July 23, 2012
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10h00 Treatment as Prevention: Working in B.C
Irene Day, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
11h30 Criminalization of HIV Exposure: How to Mobilize
Stakeholders
Evelyne Fleury, Ministere de la sante et des services
sociaux, Quebec
13h00 Strategies for Improving Service Access and Maximizing
GIPA amongst PHAs Who Are Immigrants, Refugees and
Without Full Citizenship Status in Canada
Alan Li, Maureen Owino, Henry Luyombya, Christian Hui -
Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment
14h30 Positive Women: Exposing Injustice
Alison Symington, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
16h00 Community Level Action to Increase Demand, Access and
Retention in PMTCT/MCH (ACCLAIM)
Mary Pat Kieffer, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS
Foundation, New York
Tuesday July 24,
2012
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10h00 HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Co-infection in Canada:
Challenges and Opportunities for Reducing Preventable
Morbidity and Mortality
Dr. Marina Klein, McGill University Health Centre,
Division of Infectious Diseases and Chronic Viral
Illness Service, Montreal
11h30 The Community PROMISE and Enhanced Community PROMISE
Interventions among Female Sex Workers in the Dakar
Region, Senegal
Moussa Sarr, Westat, Senegal
13h00 Community-based and culturally appropriate HIV diagnosis
and treatment
Renee Masching, Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network,
Halifax
14h30 WelTel: A Canadian and African International Project
Engaging Patients in Care with Mobile Phones
Richard Lester, University of British Columbia & the
BCCDC
16h00 "One Blood: Youth Linked Action" & "The Similarities of
Our Differences"
Marlon Thompson & Shayna Buhler, Interagency Coalition
on AIDS and Development
Wednesday July 25,
2012
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10h00 Population-Specific (Canadian) HIV/AIDS Status Report:
Women
Brian Gottheil, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa
11h30 "The Way I see it": A Photographic Exploration of
Housing and Health among Persons Living with HIV in
Vancouver, Canada
Surita Parashar, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV.AIDS &
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
13h00 The Ontario Accord on GIPA: Transforming Ourselves, Our
Allies and Our World
Rick Kennedy, Ontario AIDS Network
14h30 Canadian Participation in Clinical Trials Aimed at HIV
Eradication
Dr. Jean-Pierre Routy, McGill University, Montreal
16h00 INtegration and Scaling up PMTCT through Implementation
REsearch (INSPIRE)
Dr. Nigel Rollins & Dr. Nathan Shaffer, World Health
Organization, Geneva
Thursday July 26,
2012
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10h00 HIV and AIDS in Canada: A National Survey 2011
Catherine (Cathy) Worthington, CIHR Social Research
Centre in HIV Prevention & The University of Victoria,
Victoria
11h30 From Theory to Action: Harm Reduction Research and
Innovative Knowledge Translation
Karen de Prinse & Sarah Switzer, Casey House Hospice,
Toronto
13h00 Treatment Access in Canada
Akim Ade Larcher, Alex McCelland & Doris Peltier -
Canadian Treatment Action Council
14h30 Behavioral and Biological Surveillance of Key
Populations in Canada: Monitoring Trends in the
Prevalence of HIV, Other STIs/Blood-borne Infections and
Associated Risk Factors
Susanna Ogunnaike-Cooke, CCDIC, Public Health Agency of
Canada, Ottawa
16h00 Youth, Peer Education and the Arts: A Video Screening
Sarah Switzer, Central Toronto Community Health Center,
Toronto
Contacts:
Tricia Diduch
Communications Consultant
Canadian AIDS Society
1-800-499-1986 ext. 130
triciad@cdnaids.ca
