[CDC News] HIV/STD/TB Conference Information 10/21/03

The following conference information has been recently added to the 
CDC National Prevention Information Network's (NPIN) Conference 
Database (http://www.cdcnpin.org/db/public/ccmain.htm). For more 
information about HIV, STD, and TB conferences, please contact the CDC 
NPIN at 1-800-458-5231.

INTERNATIONAL
Conf ID: 4969 - Title: A Multicultural Caribbean United Against HIV/AIDS 
Conf ID: 4973 - Title: 2nd European HIV Drug Resistance Workshop 
Conf ID: 4974 - Title: ATS 2004 - 100th International Conference 

NATIONAL
Conf ID: 4967 - Title: Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory 
Committee (HICPAC): Meeting  
Conf ID: 4968 - Title: OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test Seminar 
Conf ID: 4970 - Title: Guide to Community Preventive Services (GCPS) 
Task Force Meeting  

REGIONAL
Conf ID: 4971 - Title: ICAAC & IDSA Update 
Conf ID: 4972 - Title: Antiretrovirals: From the Street to the Gut to 
the Cell 

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INTERNATIONAL

Conf ID: 4969  
Title: A Multicultural Caribbean United Against HIV/AIDS 
Dates: 03/05/2004 - 03/07/2004 
Event Type: Conference  
Subject: Discrimination; HIV/AIDS Prevention; HIV/AIDS Treatment or 
Therapies; Latin America and Caribbean; Perinatal Transmission; Stigma; 
Vaccine Development Research  
Sponsor: University of Puerto Rico/Medical Sciences Campus (UPR/MSC). 
Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Caribbean Epidemiology Centre. NIH Office 
of AIDS Research. 
Contact: For more information, contact "A Multicultural Caribbean United 
Against HIV/AIDS," c/o Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., Conference 
Secretariat, 8757 Georgia Ave, 12th Fl, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA; by 
calling 1-800-291-9112 or (301) 628-3155; by faxing (301) 628-3101; by 
e-mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]; or by accessing the website: 
www.caribbean-march-2004.org.  
City: Santo Domingo 
Country: Dominican Republic 
Notes: There is no conference registration fee for A Multicultural 
Caribbean United Against HIV/AIDS. However, because space is limited, 
both local and international participants are asked to preregister by 
completing the Registration Form. The deadline for preregistration is 
January 5, 2004 . 
Description: The conference will target HIV/AIDS researchers, health 
care and service providers, and persons living with or affected by HIV 
in Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Belize, Dominican Republic, 
French Guiana, Guadeloupe (including St. Barthelemy and St. Martin), 
Haiti, Martinique, the Netherlands Antilles (including Bonaire, Curaçao, 
Saba, St. Eustatius, and St. Maarten), Puerto Rico, Suriname, Turks and 
Caicos, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The English-speaking countries 
targeted were selected because of their significant Spanish-speaking 
populations. The conference will be conducted in Spanish, French, Dutch, 
and English. Conference presentations will address topics such as HIV 
prevention; vaccine research; treatment, care, and support; stigma and 
discrimination; mother-to-child transmission; and issues related to 
vulnerable populations.  

Conf ID: 4973  
Title: 2nd European HIV Drug Resistance Workshop 
Dates: 03/11/2004 - 03/13/2004 
Event Type: Workshop  
Subject: Africa; Drug Resistance; HIV/AIDS Treatment or Therapies; 
Persons with HIV/Hepatitis; Therapeutic Drugs; Coinfections  
Sponsor: Virology Education B.V. 
Contact: For more information, contact Conference Secretariat, Virology 
Education B.V., Maliebaan 24-26, 3581 CP Utrecht, the Netherlands; by 
calling +31 30 230 7140; by faxing +31 30 230 7148; by e-mailing 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; or by accessing the website: www.virology-
education.com/index2.html. 
City: Rome 
Country: Italy 
Notes: The registration fee is to be decided (TBD); early registration 
will be due on December 15, 2003 and late registration February 5, 2004. 
A limited number of scholarships will be available. 
Description: The main objectives of this meeting are to provide European 
researchers and clinicians in the field of HIV treatment with the 
crucial opportunity to share the latest scientific findings and to 
translate science around resistance to clinical practice. Topics to be 
covered include mechanisms of drug resistance; viral fitness and drug 
resistance; transmission of drug resistance; subtypes; HIV-HCV co-
infection; resistance to other viruses; clinical implications of drug 
resistance; interpretation systems; guidelines; drug resistance in 
Africa; and therapeutic drug monitoring. 
 
Conf ID: 4974  
Title: ATS 2004 - 100th International Conference 
Dates: 05/21/2004 - 05/26/2004 
Event Type: Conference  
Subject: AIDS; Respiratory Diseases or Disorders; Tuberculosis  
Sponsor: American Thoracic Society (ATS). 
Contact: For more information, contact the American Thoracic Society by 
calling (212) 315-8658; by faxing (212) 315-8653; by e-mailing 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; or by accessing the website: www.thoracic.org. 
City: Orlando 
State: FL  
Country: United States 
Notes: Registration for the 2004 ATS International Conference will be 
opened in mid-January.  
Description: The most notable activity that the American Thoracic 
Society is engaged in is the planning and production of an International 
Scientific Conference. This yearly Conference has become the premier, 
international forum for physicians and scientists who work in pulmonary 
and critical care medicine. Sessions in this year's conference were held 
on a broad range of topics to include pneumonia, asthma, critical care, 
tuberculosis, pediatric pulmonology, sleep apnea, environmental and 
occupational lung disease, nursing studies, cell biology, lung structure 
and function and AIDS.  
 
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NATIONAL

Conf ID: 4967  
Title: Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee 
(HICPAC): Meeting  
Dates: 10/27/2003 - 10/28/2003 
Event Type: Meeting  
Subject: Disease Prevention; Drug Resistance; Health Care Planning; 
Hospitals; Infection Control; Nosocomial Transmission; Surveillance  
Sponsor: CDC, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee 
(HICPAC).  
Contact: For more information, contact Michele L. Pearson, M.D., 
Executive Secretary, HICPAC, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, 
NCID, CDC, at 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, M/S A-07, Atlanta, GA 30333; or by 
calling (404) 498-1182. 
City: Atlanta 
State: GA  
Country: United States 
Notes: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.  
Description: This Committee is charged with providing advice and 
guidance to the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, the 
Director, CDC, and the Director, National Center for Infectious Diseases 
(NCID), regarding (1) the practice of hospital infection control; (2) 
strategies for surveillance, prevention, and control of infections 
(e.g., nosocomial infections), antimicrobial resistance, and related 
events in settings where healthcare is provided; and (3) periodic 
updating of guidelines and other policy statements regarding prevention 
of healthcare-associated infections and healthcare-related conditions. 
Agenda items will include an overview of CDC's mission and activities 
related to patient safety; a review of issues related to isolation 
precautions in healthcare facilities; strategies for surveillance of 
healthcare-associated infections; and updates on CDC activities of 
interest to the committee.  
 
Conf ID: 4968  
Title: OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test Seminar 
Dates: 11/04/2003 - 11/04/2003 
Event Type: Seminar  
Subject: HIV Test Related Counseling; Oral HIV Antibody Testing; Partner 
Notification; Rapid HIV Antibody Testing  
Sponsor: Community Service Network Incorporated (CSN). OraSure 
Technologies, Inc. 
Contact: For more information, contact Community Service Network, Inc. 
at 600 S. Magnolia Ave, Ste 107-A, Dunn, NC 28334; by calling (910) 892-
8128; by faxing (910) 892-8136; or by emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
City: Raleigh 
State: NC  
Country: United States 
Notes: This seminar is free of charge, but registration is required. 
Enrollment is limited to 35 participants and only 3 people from one 
agency. 
Description: The objectives of this seminar are to identify (1) at least 
two of the issues related to Counseling and Testing; (2) at least two of 
the issues related to partner notification; (3) the steps in conducting 
the OraQuick test; (4) external quality control circumstances for 
OraQuick use; and (5) the resources and qualifications needed to conduct 
the OraQuick test for your setting. 
 
Conf ID: 4970  
Title: Guide to Community Preventive Services (GCPS) Task Force Meeting  
Dates: 10/22/2003 - 10/23/2003 
Event Type: Meeting  
Subject: Cancer; Community Programs; Education and Prevention; HIV/AIDS 
Prevention; School Health Education; Screening  
Sponsor: CDC, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. 
Contact: For more information, contact Peter Briss, M.D., M.P.H., Acting 
Chief, Community Guide Branch, Division of Prevention Research and 
Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, 
M/S K-73, Atlanta, GA; by calling (770) 488-8189.  
City: Atlanta 
State: GA  
Country: United States 
Notes: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.  
Description: The mission of the Task Force is to develop and publish a 
Guide to Community Preventive Services, which is based on the best 
available scientific evidence and current expertise regarding essential 
public health services and what works in the delivery of those services. 
Agenda items include briefings on administrative information; strategic 
planning; evaluations; economic reviews of collaborative care 
interventions; school-based programs for tobacco use prevention; 
designated driver programs & school-based education for motor vehicle 
occupant injury prevention; community programs for obesity prevention & 
control; approaches to reviews on HIV prevention and folate 
supplementation; and promoting cancer screening. 
 
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REGIONAL

Conf ID: 4971  
Title: ICAAC & IDSA Update 
Dates: 11/07/2003 - 11/07/2003 
Event Type: Workshop  
Subject: Adverse Reactions; Antiretroviral Drugs; Drug Resistance; 
HIV/AIDS Treatment or Therapies; Metabolic Diseases or Disorders  
Sponsor: ACCESS Program at Jordan Hospital. University of Massachusetts 
Medical School (UMMS). New England AIDS Education and Training Center 
(NEAETC).  
Contact: For more information, contact NEAETC at 23 Miner St, Boston, MA 
02215-3318; by calling (617) 262-5657; by faxing (617) 262-5667; by e-
mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]; or by accessing the Web site: 
www.neaetc.org/_Programs/2003/11November/07ICAAC_IDSA.htm. 
City: Boston 
State: MA  
Country: United States 
Notes: There is no charge for this workshop. Space is limited and pre-
registration is required. Continuing education credits are available. 
There is a $15 charge for all continuing education credits.  
Description: The goals of this program are to, using case examples: (1) 
discuss the use of new and approved antiretroviral agents and testing 
technologies in both naive and treatment experienced patients; (2) 
describe new findings regarding antiretroviral resistance and decision 
to alter therapy; (3) review adverse effects of treatment and metabolic 
complications; (4) outline treatment considerations for HIV-associated 
co-morbidities; and, (5) provide a forum for providers to discuss 
challenges from their clinical practice. 
 
Conf ID: 4972  
Title: Antiretrovirals: From the Street to the Gut to the Cell 
Dates: 11/07/2003 - 11/07/2003 
Event Type: Education Program  
Subject: Antiretroviral Drugs; Drug Resistance; HIV/AIDS Treatment or 
Therapies; Metabolic Diseases or Disorders; Patient Care  
Sponsor: Medical Media Communications (MMC). New England AIDS Education 
and Training Center (NEAETC). AIDS Project Worcester. Worcester College 
of Pharmacy. 
Contact: For more information, or to register call (800) 366-9034. 
City: Worcester 
State: MA  
Country: United States 
Notes: Continuing education credits are available. 
Description: This program will discuss key issues in patient management, 
including resistance, pharmacokinetics, drug interactions and 
sequencing, tolerability, and metabolics and will include comparable 
studies and individual cases. The program is targeted to an audience of 
physicians, nurses, and physician assistants who diagnose and treat 
patients with HIV and AIDS. 

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