- Provide a forum in which key scientific and practice-based research, best
practice, lessons learned and gaps in knowledge are addressed.o influence leaders, including key policy makers and
donors, to increase their commitment to HIV and AIDS prevention, care and
treatment, undertake responsible action and be more accountable.
- Increase understanding of the contribution made by the HIV global response to
broader social, economic and health issues.
- Maximize opportunities for the participation in conference and programme
planning of those engaged in evidence-based responses – scientists, People
living with Hiv/Aids (PLWHA),members of marginalized communities especially
those most vulnerable to HIV,including women, girls, and young people as well as
teens.
- Promote strategies that will reduce stigmatization and discrimination of PLWHAs
and those working professionally across the response to HIV and AIDS.
- Reach a wider audience through the webcasting of conference proceedings to
regional sub-conferences/meetings and through the availability of conference
sessions online.
- Improve public awareness of the continued impact of and global response to HIV
and AIDS through enhanced media coverage.
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