Announcements

** World AIDS Day, December 1:

"A Time to Act"

World AIDS Day, "the only international day of coordinated
action against the spread of AIDS," has been held December 1
since 1988; it was first proposed by the World Health
Organization of the United Nations. In 1993 it will be
commemorated in about 180 countries.

World AIDS Day provides an occasion for officials and
organizations to announce policies or release information
that would have come out anyway; we note it here because some
of our readers may want to watch the news for developments.
The U.S. Postal Service will introduce its AIDS Awareness
red-ribbon stamp on that day. Various events, fundraisers,
and demonstrations are planned.

The organization for World AIDS Day is decentralized. For the
U.S., the coordinating organization is the American
Association for World Health in Washington, D.C. It puts out
a World AIDS Day kit -- this year, a 40-page book, with
background about AIDS, suggestions for events, tips on how to
organize, ten talking points on AIDS, a sample news release,
etc. -- for groups that want to participate. The local
organizations decide what they want to do, and 200 have so
far replied to AAWH about their plans for U.S. events.
Organizations that want to be on the mailing list to receive
the kit for next year can write or call the American
Association for World Health, 1129 20th St. NW, Suite 400,
Washington, DC 20036-3403, 202/466-5883.


** Clinical Care of the AIDS Patient, San Francisco, December
13-15

This advanced conference on clinical care is designed for
practicing physicians. Topics include: guidelines and initial
workup; current strategies of antiretroviral therapy; drug
toxicities and interactions; gender-specific issues;
practical management of advanced HIV disease; and specific
infections including pneumocystis, MAC, tuberculosis,
toxoplasmosis, etc.

The conference will be at the Sheraton Palace Hotel. The fee
is $335 for physicians, $250 for allied health professionals.
Continuing education credit is available.

To obtain the brochure for this conference, call 415/476-
5208.

Note: Each year this conference provides material for an
updated edition of the book, The Medical Management of AIDS,
edited by Merle A. Sande, M.D. and Paul A. Volberding, M.D.,
published by W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia. This
authoritative textbook for physicians is published remarkably
rapidly; information from the December conference will appear
in the fourth edition, expected to be available in the spring
of 1994.


** The First National Conference on Human Retroviruses and
Related Infections, Washington, December 12-16

This technical conference on both research and clinical care
is cosponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious
Diseases and the American Society for Microbiology, in
collaboration with the U.S. National Institutes of Health and
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Topics
listed in the preliminary program include pathogenesis,
vaccines, drug resistance, combination therapy, viral-load
testing, lymphokines, immune-based therapy, rational drug
development, regulator genes and proteins, STDs as cofactors,
and some clinical topics including tuberculosis lymphoma.

It is too late to register by mail, but you can register on
site. For more information, call the American Society for
Microbiology, 202/737-3600.


** Until There Is a Cure, Fifth Annual Conference,
Palmetto/Bradenton, Florida, December 3-4

This Friday and Saturday meeting includes talks by Western
physicians and also by holistic healers. There is also a
section on minority issues. Featured speakers include Bob
Hattoy, who works with the White House on AIDS, and Martin
Delaney of Project Inform.

The conference will be at the Manatee Civic Center, U.S.
Highway 301 at the Manatee River. The fee is $50 for a person
with AIDS or HIV patient, $100 other, not including hotel.
Some scholarships and community housing are available.

For more information, call the AIDS-Manasota Conference,
813/954-6011, fax 813/951-1721.