Discussion forums for 12th World AIDS Conference
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The following services may be of interest to AFRO-NETS members:
What will ten thousand people from around the globe talk about when
they meet for the 12th World AIDS Conference in June 1998?
Around ten thousand people are expected to take part in the 12th World
AIDS Conference in Geneva. But many thousands more people affected by,
working on or interested in HIV & AIDS will not be there to benefit
from the discussions, or to add their own experiences, views and ques-
tions.
For the first time at a conference of this kind, electronic mail and
the Internet are being called on to bring us all together from differ-
ent corners of the world to take part in the discussions leading up to
and during the conference.
This is your chance to take part and bring your voice onto the Interna-
tional agenda.
Discussion forums on current and contentious HIV-related issues have
been selected by the global NGO networks organizing the Community Ren-
dez-Vous and Symposia sessions at the Geneva Conference. The topics
covered are:
- Human rights
- Immigration and HIV/AIDS
- Networking among people living with HIV or AIDS
- Sex work
- Access to treatment and care
- Community-based research
- and an information service for journalists/media organizations.
Each of the forums will help to shape and direct many of the sessions
planned for the Conference in June.
To find out more or to join, point your browser to:
http://www.hivnet.ch/concerto/aids98/join
Or just send an e-mail to:
<aids98.community@hivnet.ch>
What will we talk about when we meet in these forums? If you want to
know, you should already be taking part.
Please forward this announcement to friends and colleagues who might be
interested!
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This new electronic forum is part of the Geneva Conference Community
Liaison Network. It brings together people from different regions, with
different viewpoints and experiences of HIV/AIDS including:
- People living with HIV or AIDS
- People working in NGOs/CBOs
- Doctors and other health workers
- HIV/AIDS documentation/information centres
- Research institutions and scientists
- Educational establishments and teachers
- Women's networks
- Provincial- and District-level administrators
- Journalist/media groups - Government Ministries
- Representatives of the private sector
- Religious organizations.
The forums have been established by the Geneva Secretariat of the 12th
World AIDS Conference, with support from Sida Info Doc Suisse, the Uni-
versity of Geneva and the Fondation du Present.
All services described are provided free of charge to users.
Tim France
mailto:tfran@mozart.inet.co.th
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