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1) Organisation
By the 'Association du 12e Congrès
Mondial du Sida', a non-profit association
2) Co-organisers
The Joint United Nations Programme
on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), The Republic and Canton of Geneva, The Global Network of People
Living with HIV/AIDS, The International AIDS Society, The International Council of AIDS
Service Organisations, The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS
3) Number of participants
Approx. 11,000. To date, 5/98,
9,500 registered from 136 countries
4) For the first time in Geneva
Persons affected by HIV/AIDS
participate fully in the decision-making process concerning the Conference programme
format and content
5) Number of speakers/abstracts
Approx. 5,000 of which there are
500 oral presentations
6) Conference programme
Opening ceremony-June
28 at 5:30 p.m.
Scientific aspects-June 29 to July 3
Plenary sessions from 9-10:30 a.m.
Nine concurrent scientific sessions from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and exhibition of 1,250 posters
per day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Community aspects-June 27 to July 3
Community symposia from 5:30-8 p.m.
Training programmes all day
Community Rendez-Vous (June 26-27, July 2)
Networking and skills building meetings of 700 community workers and PWAs from around the
world
Satellite programmes-June 27 to July 4
Over 50 different organisations (e.g. multinational pharmaceutical companies, specialised
scientific associations, support organisations) will be organising meetings at the
conference site, between 6:30 a.m. and 10 p.m.
7) Main subjects
Bridging the gap between North and
South, prevention of maternal-foetal transmission, latest progress in HIV/AIDS therapies,
public health policy, human rights, education and prevention
8) Other important programmes
Scholarship programme (1,000 grant
recipients of a total pool of SFr. 2 million) Geneva cultural programme
9) Number of volunteers
700
10) Financing
40% participants
45% sponsors
2/3 private sector
1/3 government and NGOs
15% commercial exhibitions,
SFr. 2.5 million guarantee by the State of Geneva
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