Announcements

Women and AIDS Town Meeting, San Francisco, January 16

There will be a town meeting on women and HIV on January 16, 1991, 7:30 p.m., at the Women's Building, 3543 - 18th Street, in San Francisco. The meeting will be a presentation to the community of information from the first National Conference on Women and HIV Infection, held in Washington, DC, in December. Anyone interested in learning more about women and HIV or hearing about the conference is encouraged to attend. The meeting is wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact Lisa Auer at Project Inform, 415/558- 8669.


4th National AIDS Update Conference, San Francisco, May 19- 22; Abstract Deadline March 1

The National AIDS Update Conference, which covers treatment, care and services, policy/administration, and education/prevention, has been postponed and rescheduled for May 19-22, 1991. The deadline for submission of abstracts for papers or posters is March 1; the deadline for reserving company or organization exhibit space is April 5.

Unlike the annual international AIDS conferences, which focus on new scientific developments, the National AIDS Update Conference focuses on practical information for health-care professionals. For more information, contact Krebs Convention Management Services, 415/255-1293, or 415/255-8496 (fax).

Federal Agency Developing Guidelines for AIDS/HIV Care; Panel Nomination Deadline January 31

The U. S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research is selecting a panel of experts to create national guidelines for a medical standard of care for AIDS/HIV. These guidelines will be for use by "physicians, health care practitioners, providers, medical educators, medical review organizations, and consumers of health care." Nominations for panel members or chairperson(s), which must include a resume of the person being nominated, are due by January 31.

For more information, see the Federal Register, December 10, 1990, pages 50776-50777.


Arab Nations: Third Annual Conference on AIDS

The Third Arab International Conference on AIDS is scheduled to be held in Cairo, May 3-6, 1991. Dr. M. A. Hasan is overseeing the planning of the conference, which will be conducted in simultaneous Arabic and English. Below are the contact numbers to ask for more information:


* telephone: (2) 3625042, (2) 3623908 * telex: 20948 TTEBB UN * cable: Excellent, Cairo * fax: (2) 3631464. * mail: Conference Secretariat, 5 Al Saraya St., Al Manial,
Cairo, Egypt.



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Long-term survivors have usually tried many different treatments, and found combinations which work for them. AIDS TREATMENT NEWS does not recommend particular therapies, but seeks to increase the options available.

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