Aids Conference: International

The conference first convened in 1985 during the height of the AIDS crisis, providing a critical forum for a world desperate for answers. Over the decades, it has been the stage for historic milestones:

The COVID-19 pandemic further complicated these efforts, disrupting supply chains and diverting healthcare resources away from HIV programs. Recent conferences have had to address the "twin pandemics," exploring how the infrastructure built for HIV can support responses to COVID-19 and vice versa. As the world looks toward the Sustainable Development Goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, the IAC remains the critical checkpoint for accountability. international aids conference

Marked the "turning of the tide" with the introduction of triple-drug therapy, transforming HIV from a death sentence into a manageable chronic condition. The conference first convened in 1985 during the

One of the defining characteristics of the International AIDS Conference is its commitment to the "nothing about us without us" philosophy. Unlike many medical conferences that are strictly academic, the IAC places people living with HIV at the center of the dialogue. This structure acknowledges that biomedical breakthroughs are useless if they do not reach the people who need them due to stigma, criminalization, or poverty. As the world looks toward the Sustainable Development

Does initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in an HIV-positive person before their immune system shows significant decline (CD4 count 350-550) reduce the transmission of HIV to their uninfected sexual partner, compared to delaying ART until their CD4 count drops below 250?