WORLD LEADERS AND HIV EXPERTS TO GATHER IN MEXICO CITY
(August 2, 2008) The 17th International AIDS Conference, AIDS 2008 will be held at Centro Banamex in Mexico City from 3 to 8 August 2008. The conference theme of Universal Action Now emphasizes the need for continued urgency in the worldwide response to HIV/AIDS, and for action on the part of all stakeholders. The conference will draw around 25,000 participants from across the globe, including many world-renowned leaders and experts in their field. AIDS 2008 will be officially opened on the evening of 3 August by Mexican President, Felipe Calderón Hinojosa. Other opening session speakers include José Angel Cordova Villalobos, Mexican Secretary of Health; Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization; Peter Piot, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. And joining this illustrious group of world leaders will be 12-year old Keren Gonzalez. Ms Gonzalez hails from Honduras, and has been actively involved in a number of HIV-related programmes aimed at young people since the age of 9, including acting as editor for the children’s magazine, aimed at children aged 8 to 12 years affected directly and indirectly by HIV/AIDS. The following day, 4 August, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation, will keynote a session titled HIV/AIDS and Health System Reform. AIDS 2008 is convened by the International AIDS Society (IAS), the world’s leading independent association of HIV professionals.
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