Abstract

The Eleventh International Conference on AIDS was attended during July 7-12, 1996, in Vancouver, by more than 15,000 delegates from around the world at the plenary sessions, oral and poster presentations, and exhibits. Excellence, practicality, sustainability, and solidarity were the guiding principles of the conference. It was divided into the following tracks: basic science, clinical science, epidemiology and public health, and social science research, policy, and action. The pathways of women and HIV, development and HIV, and living with HIV dissected the four tracks. An overview of the conference is presented with focus upon research findings presented at the plenary presentations. HIV/AIDS epidemiology, HIV genetic diversity, pathogenesis, maternal-fetal transmission, laboratory tests, antiretrovirals, prevention, the HIV epidemic in young gay men, developing countries and poor settings, drug policy, vaccinations, and environment, community mobilization, and social change are discussed.

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