The 22nd International AIDS Conference that will take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 23-27 July, 2018, announces its scientific tracks and conference objectives.
Scientific Tracks
AIDS 2018 Conference will welcome submission of abstracts for original contribution to the field in the following scientific tracks:
Track A: Basic and Translational Research.
Track B: Clinical Research.
Track C: Epidemiology and Prevention Research.
Track D: Social and Political Research, Law, Policy and Human Rights.
Track E: Implementation Research, Economics, Systems and Synergies with other Health and Development Sectors.
AIDS 2018 Conference Objectives
- Convene the world’s experts to advance knowledge about HIV, present new research findings, and promote and enhance global scientific and community collaborations in synergy with other health and development sectors.
- Promote human rights based and evidence-informed HIV responses that are tailored to the needs of particularly vulnerable communities, including people living with HIV, displaced populations, men who have sex with men, people in closed settings, people who use drugs, sex workers, transgender people, women and girls and young people.
- Activate and galvanize political commitment and accountability among governments, donors, private sector and civil society for an inclusive, sustainable and adequately financed, multi-sectoral, integrated response to HIV and associated coinfections and comorbidities.
- Address gaps in and highlight the critical role of HIV prevention, in particular among young people in all their diversity and its integration in a range of health care settings.
- Spotlight the state of the epidemic and the HIV response in Eastern Europe and Central Asia with a focus on investments, structural determinants and services.
The registration for the conference opens on December 1, 2017. More information about abstracts and submissions will be available in the coming months.
