Announcements

** National AIDS Update Conference, May 19-22

The 4th National AIDS Update Conference will take place May 19-22 at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium. This program is designed for "health care providers, community-based and HIV/AIDS service organizations, social service providers, mental health care providers, local public health agencies, hospital planning and service providers, elected and non-elected community leaders, state and local government representatives, and individuals with HIV infection." Sponsors include the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR), American Medical Association, U. S. Centers for Disease Control, National Association of Persons With AIDS, San Francisco Department of Public Health, U. S. Public Health Service Health Resources and Services Administration, and the University of California San Francisco Institute for Health Policy Studies. The conference is organized into four tracks: Care and Services, Education and Prevention, Policy and Administration, and Treatment.

The regular registration fee is $145 ($195 after April 5), plus $25 for continuing education credit. Registration for persons with AIDS or ARC is $50 ($75 after April 5). Booths, display tables, book or literature displays, and the conference's film festival for showing videos are available for companies and for non-profit organizations. For more information or for registration forms, call, fax, or write to: AIDS Conference Registrar, c/o KREBS Convention Management Services, 555 DeHaro Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94107-2348, phone 415/255- 1297, fax 415/255-8496.


** Boston: Health Fair, Conference on Women and AIDS

The Fenway Community Health Center and the Boston AIDS Consortium are co-sponsoring a conference on women and AIDS, April 19-21, at the Westin Hotel at Copley Place. A concurrent women's health fair is planned for Saturday and Sunday, April 20

and 21.

The deadline for registration is April 1, and some scholarships are available for women with HIV and persons with limited income. For information, interested persons should call 617/267-0900, or contact the Fenway Community Health Center, 7 Havilan St., Boston, MA, 02115.

** Seattle Treatment Education Project:
New Address, Dance Benefit

In issue #121, AIDS TREATMENT NEWS included the Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) Perspective newsletter in a list of periodicals recommended for HIV Treatment libraries. The new address for STEP is 127 Broadway E., Suite E, Seattle, WA, 98102.

STEP will be holding a benefit dance on Friday, April 5, from 6 to 10 p.m. at Hamburger Mary's. For ticket information, interested persons can call 206/329-4857.


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AIDS TREATMENT NEWS reports on experimental and complementary treatments, especially those available now. It collects information from medical journals, and from interviews with scientists, physicians, and other health practitioners, and persons with AIDS or HIV.

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.

We also examine the ethical and public-policy issues around AIDS treatment research and treatment access.