Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học quốc tế cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài:" Impact of the 16th International Conference on AIDS: can these conferences lead to policy change. | Retrovirology BioMed Central Commentary Impact of the 16th International Conference on AIDS can these conferences lead to policy change Helene Gayle 1 and Mark A Wainberg2 Open Access Address CARE USA Atlanta 30303 GA USA and 2McGill University AIDS Centre Montreal H3T 1E2 Canada Email Helene Gayle - hgayle@ Mark A Wainberg - Corresponding author Published 8 February 2007 Received 24 January 2007 Accepted 8 February 2007 Retrovirology 2007 4 13 doi 1742-4690-4-13 p This article is available from http content 4 1 13 2007 Gayle and Wainberg licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract This Commentary reflects on the success of the XVI International Conference on AIDS that was held in Toronto between August 13-18 2006. Not only was the Conference judged to have been a scientific success it will probably also be recognized over time as having had important political impact. It is vital that scientists and policy-makers continue to be able to interact at these meetings as part of global efforts to combat the HIV epidemic. Commentary For one week in August 2006 more than 26 000 attendees from 170 countries participated in the sixteenth biennial International AIDS Conference held in Toronto 1 . These conferences were initially started primarily as a way to exchange the most important ground-breaking scientific findings among the community of scientists and clinicians working on the pandemic. However over the years activism and advocacy have become equally important components of these meetings. Indeed the International AIDS Conference held in Vancouver 1996 with the theme One World One Hope helped to build the momentum for activism focused on global .
