U.S. to Host XIX International AIDS Conference
The Obama administration just announced (around the 12:50 mark in this video) that the International AIDS Society (IAS) will hold the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC in July 2012.
This move comes as a result of President Obama’s earlier announcement that the U.S. will lift its travel and immigration ban on those living with HIV, effective January 4, 2010. The IAS had announced previously that it was interested in holding the 2012 International AIDS Conference in DC, but that the final decision would be contingent upon whether the U.S. travel ban was lifted.
The International AIDS Conference, the world’s largest conference in the field of health and development, is an annual event that brings together individuals from around the world to share information and discuss the global response to AIDS. The U.S. has not hosted the International AIDS Conference since 1990 due to the introduction of the existing HIV travel ban.
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