The XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) will be held in Mexico City, 3-8 August 2008. Its website www.aids2008.org provides details on registration, fees, abstracts, programmes, accommodation and a host of other information to assist you to participate in the biennial AIDS conference. Some information is provided here to assist communities.

2008 AIDS Review The 2008 UNGASS reporting (or 2008 AIDS Review) on the activities, outcomes and impact achieved by UN member states who signed on the Declaration of Commitments on HIV/AIDS in June 2001 is in progress. Click here for more details

Readiness for Microbicides Advocacy The Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Services Organizations (APCASO) in partnership with the Global Campaign for Microbicides (GCM) undertook a mapping of the HIV/AIDS advocacy landscape in selected countries in Southeast Asia, in order to prepare and assess the readiness of civil society for microbicides advocacy. The project's findings from the mapping have been disseminated at a workshop in Bangkok for participating countries and in various other fora such as Microbicides 2006 in Cape Town, South Africa, in April 2006, and the XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, August 2006. For more details see the project summary handout entitled 'Preparing civil society for microbicides advocacy in Southeast Asia', accompanying factsheet 'Microbicides: A "MUST HAVE" for women in Southeast Asia' and poster 'Can microbicides really work when gender inequality and unequal power dynamics continue to dominate sexual relations?', presented on 16 August 2006 at the XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, August 2006. .

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria

The purpose of the Fund is to attract, manage and disburse additional resources through a new public-private partnership that will make a sustainable and significant contribution to the reduction of infections, illness and death, thereby mitigating the impact caused by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in countries in need, and contributing to poverty reduction as part of the Millenium Development goals. Read more by following this link

APCASO
No. 12, Jalan 13/48A, The Boulevard Shop Office
Off Jalan Sentul, 51000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: 603 - 4043 9602 (direct), 603 - 4045 1033 (general), Fax: 603-4044 9615
Email:apcaso@pd.jaring.my