AIDS 2000 - A Conference for children
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https://doi.org/10.15270/36-4-1541Keywords:
Conference, AIDS, HIV, diseaseAbstract
'This ,, as a conference to bring your children to.' These were the words of Dr Stefano Vella, secretary of the International Aids Society at the closing ceremony of the AIDS 2000 conference. Unusual words for a conference concerned with a sexually transmitted infection. But then HIV is much more than a sexually transmitted disease and this was no usual conference.
Although the opening ceremony officially launched the meeting on Sunday 9th July, the beginnings of the Durban conference dated back some years. The two previous International AIDS meetings in Vancouver and Geneva coined 'One world one hope,' and 'Bridge the gap' as conferences themes. These messages were intended to inspire and mend the inequities and disparities between North and -South, · but these objectives were not achieved and the meetings were punctuated by demoi;istrations and controversy. The decision to stage the millennium conference in South Africa was strongly contested and not without opposition. Why was there such resistance?
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