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A review and discussion of this
summer’s 19th International AIDS Conference will be held Sept. 19-20 for
Philadelphia stakeholders who were unable to attend the Washington gathering.
The Black Treatment Advocates
Network (BTAN) and the Black AIDS Institute’s African-American HIV University
are hosting the two-day Philadelphia Post-Conference Hub in partnership with
local health and HIV/AIDS agencies. The first day is designed for clinical
providers and will include presentations by Drs. Rafik Samuel and Robert
Bettiker, both of Temple University’s Section of Infectious Diseases. The Sept.
19 event will be held 5-8 p.m. at Public Health Management Corp., 260 S. Broad
St.
Day two is geared toward community
members, prevention workers, and advocates, and will be held Sept. 20 from 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. at Temple University’s Center City campus, 1515 Market St., room
222. Discussions will be divided into four focus areas: men who have sex with
men; young people; minority women and men; and transgender persons. Both events
are free.
“The conference was somewhat
expensive so we wanted to make sure that folks who attended can take what they
learned back to their communities and get the information dispersed,” said
Danielle Parks, BTAN’s co-chair and program director at Health Federation of
Philadelphia.
“We want to look at what’s happening
here in our country and also the innovative things that are being done outside
the country and see how we can apply that to here in Philadelphia,” Parks said.
“I came back from the conference with a new sense of fire around HIV, and
that’s what we want to share with everyone else.”
To register, visit www.blackaids.org/philadelphia.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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