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Abstract
The impact of the XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) was reflected in a number of commitments from political and business leaders, who announced initiatives ranging from implementing comprehensive sexual education for young people in Latin America to reducing regulatory barriers and the price of drugs in the host country. The unprecedented media coverage brought attention and public awareness to the epidemic in Latin America.Several meetings and sessions at AIDS 2008 also addressed the potential for the International AIDS Conference to play an even stronger role in tracking progress towards universal access and in improving accountability in the global response to AIDS, particularly given some of the inherent weaknesses in the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) review process. The impact of AIDS 2008 was strongest in Mexico, the host country, and in Latin America. Highlights included the policy changes announced by President Calderon on pharmaceutical manufacturing to the focus on sex workers and gay and other MSM in marches, activism and the conference programme.The next two years will determine whether the successes reported in Mexico are sustained and whether there is progress in addressing the barriers that continue to hamper an evidence-based response to HIV/AIDS. The next International AIDS Conference is scheduled for the universal address deadline of 2010.
Highlights
In a session reviewing progress on United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) targets, several speakers reminded participants that, while the UNGASS process has been essential to scale-up efforts, it is hampered by the fact that both the goals themselves and the reports on progress towards meeting the commitments are drafted by UN Member States, over which both multilateral institutions and civil society have limited influence [1]
Kieran Daly observed that many countries do not report on UNGASS
Journal of the International AIDS Society 2009, 12(Suppl 1):S7 http://www.jiasociety.org/content/12/S1/S1 indicators related to policies and laws prohibiting discrimination and protecting key populations, and that data on some most at risk populations are often absent from such reports [2]
Summary
Published: 6 October 2009 Journal of the International AIDS Society 2009, 12(Suppl 1):S7 doi:10.1186/1758-2652-12-S1-S7. The AIDS 2008 Impact Report: From Evidence to Action Shirin Heidari and Regina Aragon Reviews http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1758-2652-12-S1-info.pdf
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