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Front-line work from Nigeria at AIDS2010

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 24, 2010

Further to the response about one of our previous posts on posters out of Nigeria, we spent Wednesday afternoon at the International AIDS conference going round the posters from Nigeria. We do realise the hurdles of presenting work from Nigeria at a conference like this. From finding the time and space in a country with almost no […]

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Activism at the International Conference of AIDS

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 22, 2010

The International AIDS conferences and activism are inextricably linked. Many aspects of the pandemic and our response have been shaped by activists. The historical approach to infectious diseases prior to HIV was one of containment, quarantine and isolation…as we attempted to restrict transmission. But HIV, with its long incubation period, its prevalence initially in marginalised populations led […]

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Where is the research out of Nigeria at the International Aids Conference ?

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 21, 2010

Yes, we have two stands at the exhibition zone of the conference, but our contribution to the science at this conference has been minimal at best. I am yet to find any oral presentation out of Nigeria …and believe me I have been searching. Yes our National Agency for the Control HIV/AIDS has a stand at the conference, […]

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2nd Day at AIDS 2010 belongs to Bill Clinton

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 20, 2010

It is difficult to describe the emotions that Bill Clinton stirs in people.  I cannot forget the images of his first appearance at the closing ceremony of the X1V International Aids Conference in Barcelona, eight years ago. This was one year after he left office, when he slowly walked onto the stage holding the hands […]

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First day at the XVIII International Conference on AIDS in Vienna

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 19, 2010

When I attended my first International Conference on AIDS in Durban, South Africa, exactly 10 years ago, I was still swinging between returning to a clinical career or staying in public health. That conference sealed the deal. The energy at what is now referred to as the historic Durban conference, was beyond anything I had […]

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