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Conference Programme: 14th International Conference on AIDS and STIS in Africa 4-9 December 2005, Abuja, Nigeria

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The 14th International conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa came up in Abuja between
the 4th and 9th of December, 2005. The theme of the conference was HIV/AIDS and the
family. The conference explored traditional family values with the aim of empowering
African families to respond comprehensively to the AIDS epidemic in Africa, paying
special attention to women, youth and children in difficult circumstances. The conference
was packaged to address the totality of issues that impact on the epidemic in Africa, and
to find durable solutions to mitigate the impact of the disease in the continent as well as to
stop its spread.
To make this achievable, there were several plenary sessions, debates, special sessions,
dialogues, skill building sessions and special symposia. An extensive community
programme run in the organised community village was also inclusive. A special feature
to this year‟s conference was the inclusion of the leadership forum which focused on the
core objectives of ensuring accountability for international, regional and national
declarations and commitments including the Abuja declaration; UNGASS Declaration of
Commitment on HIV/AIDS; the Millennium Development Goals; the Three Ones and
Universal Access by 2010. The ICASA 2005 Leadership Forum highlighted the importance
of the attainment of universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support, as a
means of reducing the impact of HIV/AIDS on the African family, the need to intensify
regional and national responses, the vulnerability of women, youth and children to
HIV/AIDS and the significance of the development of public private partnerships in
combating the epidemic.

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Abuja Nigeria : International conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa., 2005

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