The HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting gathers together program implementers to share best practices and lessons learned in the fight against global AIDS. It is the only meeting of its kind focused specifically on implementation.

The objectives of the 2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting are to:

• Widely disseminate, in real time, best practices and lessons learned during the implementation of multi-sectoral HIV/AIDS programs with a focus on:
• Optimizing the Impact of Prevention, Care and Treatment Programs
• Enhancing Program Quality
• Promoting Coordination Among Partners
• Encouraging Innovative Responses
• Catalyze an open dialogue about future directions of HIV/AIDS programs with a strong emphasis on implementation
• Directly impact HIV/AIDS program implementation in the upcoming year with the goal of building a sustainable response

2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting Opens in Namibia

Windhoek, Namibia – The 2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting opened on June 10 in Namibia,drawing more than 1,500 HIV/AIDS implementers from more than 55 countries around the world to Windhoek.. MORE…

Live Blogging on 2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting

Former Boston Globe reporter John Donnelly is covering the 2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting in Namibia through a live blog available at: http://sciencespeaks.wordpress.com/category/hiv_conference/.

Donnelly is blogging for the Center for Global Health Policy, a project of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. For more information, please visit: www.idsaglobalhealth.org/.