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Official IAS Press Conference: New data from six locations inform the future of the HIV response

IAS – the International AIDS Society

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With growing attention to epidemic control, but also concerns about the challenges of ending AIDS as a public health threat, this press conference will highlight a new, comparative analysis that looks across six locations that each have successfully driven down new HIV infections and HIV mortality: London, Malawi, Rakai, San Francisco, Sydney, and Thailand. The analysis identifies the elements that contributed to success and provides a roadmap for accelerated progress for the future, combining priorities for programme, policy, and rapid scaling of new interventions. CHAIR: Adeeba Kamarulzaman, University of Malaya, Malaysia Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Health (NIH), United States Greg Millett, amfAR, United States Maureen Luba, AVAC / COMPASS, Malawi Jennifer Kates, Kaiser Family Foundation, United States Chris Collins, Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, United States

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Dr Anthony Fauci Director of the United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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Official IAS Press Conference: New data from six locations inform the future of the HIV response

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