International experts converge in Vancouver for world’s largest HIV/AIDS conference

Over 6,000 international HIV/AIDS experts will converge next week at the eighth International AIDS Society Conference, the first time the conference has been held in Vancouver in 19 years.

IAS 2015 runs from Sunday to Wednesday (July 19 to 22) at the Vancouver Convention Centre and is the world’s largest scientific conference on HIV and AIDS.

The conference, organized in partnership with UBC, will include professional development workshops and sessions that will address peer-reviewed research and current viewpoints and issues.

Plenary sessions will be held by experts from Australia, Brazil, Canada, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, and the U.S.

Among the plenary sessions scheduled, on Tuesday (July 21), UBC medicine professor and BC Centre for Excellence’s Urban Health Research Initiative codirector Evan Wood will discuss initiatives that have and have not worked in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

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Canada Post has provided notification of restarting their operations on December 17, 2024. As Canada Post ramps up and stabilizes their services, the BC-CfE will continue the following measures on an interim basis to minimize service disruption to BC-CfE clients and providers.

  • The BC-CfE Laboratory will utilize private courier for delivery of outgoing reports and documents. (Lab Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8775; FAX 604-806-9463)
  • The BC-CfE Drug Treatment Program (DTP) will fax outgoing forms and documents to the provider’s office. (DTP Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8515; FAX 604-806-9044)
  • St. Paul’s Hospital Ambulatory Pharmacy will utilize private courier for delivery of medications. (Contact Information: Phone 1-800-547-3622; FAX 604-806-8675)

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