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AIDS 2008
ICASO is an organizing partner of the 2008 International AIDS Conference. The primary goal of ICASO's program of activities for the conference, is to provide a space for community sector dialogue on key issues, identified by communities themselves.

Sessions have been organized and developed in partnership with key community sector groups. The sessions will be interactive, and seek to provide momentum for community action and advocacy.

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Archived, online coverage of the XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) is now available www.kaisernetwork.org/aids2008

In partnership with the International AIDS Society, the following online coverage is available:

* Webcasts, transcripts and slide presentations of the opening and closing sessions, all plenary sessions, and over 75 other sessions and press conferences;

* English- and Spanish-language audio podcasts of more than 80 sessions;

* Narrated video highlights of conference developments;

* News summaries of conference developments and newly-released studies in the Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report; and

* Interviews with newsmakers and journalists summarizing conference developments.

Video: Sex Workers' Rights (1'51")

Sex Workers' Rights are Human Rights

YouTube (posted August 23, 2008)

ICASO -- AIDS 2008

August 6, 2008: Sex worker community activists protesting outside the media centre, during AIDS 2008

Laxmi Narayan Tripathi at the rally, advocating for the human rights of sex workers.

© 2008 ICASO

ICASO -- AIDS 2008

August 6, 2008: Sex worker community activists protesting outside the media centre, during AIDS 2008

Meena Seshu at the rally, advocating for the human rights of sex workers.

© 2008 ICASO

ICASO -- AIDS 2008

August 6, 2008: Spanish and Latin American NGOs come together to put pressure on their governments to prioritize HIV.

Addressing the media at a press conference on August 6, from the leftt: Edgar Carrasco from LACCASO representing Latin American NGOs and Juan Tallada representing Spanish NGOs responding to AIDS.

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ICASO -- AIDS 2008

August 6, 2008: Eastern European Networking Zone in the Global Village where activists gather on a daily basis during the conference.

Several AIDS Action Europe members and partners are part of the networking zone.

© 2008 ICASO

ICASO -- AIDS 2008

August 6, 2008: Eastern European Networking Zone in the Global Village where activists gather on a daily basis during the conference.

Matreshka painting session in the Eastern European networking zone. Several of AIDS Action Europe members and partners are part of the networking zone.

© 2008 ICASO

ICASO -- AIDS 2008

August 6, 2008: Eastern European Networking Zone in the Global Village where activists gather on a daily basis during the conference.

Matreshka painting session in the Eastern European networking zone. Several of AIDS Action Europe members and partners are part of the networking zone.

© 2008 ICASO

ICASO -- AIDS 2008

August 6, 2008: Eastern European Networking Zone in the Global Village where activists gather on a daily basis during the conference.

Matreshka painting session in the Eastern European networking zone. Several of AIDS Action Europe members and partners are part of the networking zone.

The Matreshka is a symbol

© 2008 ICASO

ICASO -- AIDS 2008

August 6, 2008: Eastern European Networking Zone in the Global Village where activists gather on a daily basis during the conference.

Matreshka painting session in the Eastern European networking zone. Several of AIDS Action Europe members and partners are part of the networking zone.

The Matreshka is a symbol

© 2008 ICASO

ICASO -- AIDS 2008

August 6, 2008: AIDS activists from India's largest PLHIV organization, INP+, along with other community organizations, advocating for support of the HIV Bill in India during the conference.

© 2008 ICASO

ICASO -- AIDS 2008

August 6, 2008: AIDS activists from India's largest PLHIV organization, INP+, along with other community organizations, advocating for support of the HIV Bill in India during the conference.

© 2008 ICASO

August 4, 2008: Symposium: Where are we in achieving UNGASS targets?

Chair of the session
Vuyiseka Dubula
Secretary General
Treatment Action Campaign

To view the webcast of the session (or to download the podcast), click here ...

Photo © 2008 ICASO

August 4, 2008: Symposium: Where are we in achieving UNGASS targets?

Kieran Daly
Director of Policy and Communications
ICASO

To view the webcast of the session (or to download the podcast), click here ...

Photo © 2008 ICASO

August 4, 2008: Satellite session: Who should lead positive prevention?

Jenny Xia Donghua of APCASO sharing APCASO's experiences in China in implementing the Prevention, Treatment, Advocacy Project, working with PLHIV groups with some 50 delegates. The session was co-hosted by Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS (INP+), AIDS CARE China, DAYTOP and APCASO.

© 2008 ICASO

August 4, 2008: Positive Prevention = Positive Choices
AfriCASO, APCASO and LACCASO press conference on the second day of AIDS 2008.

Jhanabi Goswami: General Secretary of the Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS during the AIDS conference in Mexico City.

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Prss conference AIDS 2008

August 4, 2008: Positive Prevention = Positive Choices
AfriCASO, APCASO and LACCASO press conference on the second day of AIDS 2008.

Dr. Venkatesan Chakrapani: Policy & Research Advisor with Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS, and Jhanabi Goswami: General Secretary of the Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS during the AIDS conference in Mexico City.

© 2008 ICASO

AIDS 2008 press conference

August 4, 2008: Positive Prevention = Positive Choices
AfriCASO, APCASO and LACCASO press conference on the second day of AIDS 2008.

Aisha Baldeh of AfriCASO and Edgar Carrasco of LACCASO.

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Regional Secreatriat Press Conference on August 4, 2008

August 4, 2008: Positive Prevention = Positive Choices
AfriCASO, APCASO and LACCASO press conference on the second day of AIDS 2008.

© 2008 ICASO

August 3, 2008: Opening ceremony, AIDS 2008 in Mexico City. Click here for the webcast of the event

Photo © 2008 ICASO

Thousands of activists marched through Mexico City on Saturday, August 2, in an anti-homophobia and stigma and discrimination rally. The march took place on the eve of the 1th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, which some 20,000 civil society and community activists, policy makers and scientists are expected to attend. 

© 2008 ICASO
Thousands of activists marched through Mexico City on Saturday, August 2, in an anti-homophobia and stigma and discrimination rally. The march took place on the eve of the 1th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, which some 20,000 civil society and community activists, policy makers and scientists are expected to attend. 

© 2008 ICASO
Thousands of activists marched through Mexico City on Saturday, August 2, in an anti-homophobia and stigma and discrimination rally. The march took place on the eve of the 1th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, which some 20,000 civil society and community activists, policy makers and scientists are expected to attend. 

© 2008 ICASO
Thousands of activists marched through Mexico City on Saturday, August 2, in an anti-homophobia and stigma and discrimination rally. The march took place on the eve of the 1th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, which some 20,000 civil society and community activists, policy makers and scientists are expected to attend. 

© 2008 ICASO
Thousands of activists marched through Mexico City on Saturday, August 2, in an anti-homophobia and stigma and discrimination rally. The march took place on the eve of the 1th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, which some 20,000 civil society and community activists, policy makers and scientists are expected to attend. 

© 2008 ICASO
Thousands of activists marched through Mexico City on Saturday, August 2, in an anti-homophobia and stigma and discrimination rally. The march took place on the eve of the 1th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, which some 20,000 civil society and community activists, policy makers and scientists are expected to attend. 

© 2008 ICASO
Thousands of activists marched through Mexico City on Saturday, August 2, in an anti-homophobia and stigma and discrimination rally. The march took place on the eve of the 1th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, which some 20,000 civil society and community activists, policy makers and scientists are expected to attend. 

© 2008 ICASO
Thousands of activists marched through Mexico City on Saturday, August 2, in an anti-homophobia and stigma and discrimination rally. The march took place on the eve of the 1th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, which some 20,000 civil society and community activists, policy makers and scientists are expected to attend. 

© 2008 ICASO
Thousands of activists marched through Mexico City on Saturday, August 2, in an anti-homophobia and stigma and discrimination rally. The march took place on the eve of the 1th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, which some 20,000 civil society and community activists, policy makers and scientists are expected to attend. 

© 2008 ICASO
Edgar Carrasco of the Latin American Council of AIDS Service Organizations (LACCASO) addressing activists during the 1st International March Against Homophobia and Stigma and Discrimination that drew thousands of activists on the eve of the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. 

© 2008 ICASO
Thousands of activists marched through Mexico City on Saturday, August 2, in an anti-homophobia and stigma and discrimination rally. The march took place on the eve of the 1th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, which some 20,000 civil society and community activists, policy makers and scientists are expected to attend. 

© 2008 ICASO
Richard Burzynski, Executive Director of ICASO, speaking during the 1st International March Against Homophobia and Stigma and Discrimination that drew thousands of activists on the eve of the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.

© 2008 ICASO
Thousands of activists marched through Mexico City on Saturday, August 2, in an anti-homophobia and stigma and discrimination rally. The march took place on the eve of the 1th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, which some 20,000 civil society and community activists, policy makers and scientists are expected to attend. 

© 2008 ICASO
Richard Burzynski, Executive Director, ICASO

Promising AIDS Figures Belie Complacency and Lack of Resources, says ICASO leader
By Joe De Capua: VOA News: July 29, 2008

Read/listen to the De Capua Interview with Richard Burzynski, Executive Director of ICASO on VOA.


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