African Americans and AIDS Conference, February 24-25, Washington D.C.
The 2000 National Conference on African Americans and AIDS will take place February 24-25 at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington D.C. There is no fee to register, but advance registration by January 24 is requested; on-site registration cannot be guaranteed. This meeting, the second such national conference, is sponsored by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and made possible through an educational grant provided by Bristol-Myers Squibb.The meeting is especially timely after a January 13 report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control that among men who have sex with men, most of the newly diagnosed cases are among minorities. In 1998, the latest year for which statistics are available, whites made up 48% of these cases, minorities 52%. The rate of AIDS cases among African American gay and bisexual men is now almost five times the rate among white gay and bisexual men.
From the brochure of the February conference:
"This course is designed for clinicians who care for African-American patients infected with HIV, as well as healthcare media, federal and state government agency representatives, federal and state legislators, AIDS service organization officers, social workers, pharmacists, nurses, peer counselors, church leadership and corrections healthcare personnel. The objectives are to familiarize participants with the epidemiology of HIV in the United States, current guidelines and cutting edge clinical modalities for the management of HIV, current research encompassing drug abuse and its connection the HIV epidemic, social and psychiatric concerns of the HIV-infected patient, policy initiatives, trends and political issues which impact all HIV-infected patients."
The conference faculty has over 30 experts, including A. Cornelius Baker, John G. Bartlett, M.D., Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Debra Fraser-Howze, Robert Fullilove, III, Ph.D., Robert C. Gallo, M.D., and Phill Wilson.
Abstracts (maximum two pages, for inclusion in the conference syllabus materials only) can be submitted until the deadline of February 1. They should be on one of five topics: Clinical management of HIV or complications from HIV; Case management; Outreach techniques; Testing and treatment counseling; or Substance abuse treatment. For more information, including the preliminary program, and how to register, contact the Johns Hopkins Office of Continuing Medical Education, 410-955-2959, fax 410-955-0807, email cmenet@jhmi.edu, or Web, http://www.hopkinscme.org/cme/index.html
The Web site has online registration, or you can print a registration form which can be faxed or mailed to the office.
