XI International AIDS Conference, 1996

The XI International AIDS Conference was held in Vancouver July 7–12, 1996. The theme of the conference was "One World One Hope".

Highlights

The conference's co-chairs were Martin Schechter, Julio Montaner, Michael O´Shaughnessy and Michael Rekart. Donna Shalala gave the plenary address.[1]

This was the first conference after the technological advance of being able to measure HIV viral load.[2]

A study presented showed that United States military had higher risk of HIV infection.[3]

The conference presented the introduction of combination therapy using protease inhibitors.[4] ADARC's David Ho and his team showed their clinicial trial results.[5] Within a week after the conference, over 75,000 patients who had been using antibiotics and chemotherapy as treatment against opportunistic infections began an effective antiviral regimen which greatly increased their immune system strength and therefore their health.[6] This marked a turning point in which HIV infection was no longer an absolute terminal disease but a manageable chronic disease.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Shalala, Donna (1996-07-09). "11th International Conference on AIDS - Plenary Speech, Vancouver, Canada". hhs.gov. Archived from the original on October 3, 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  2. ^ Farnsworth, Elizabeth (July 10, 1996). "Online NewsHour: International Conference on AIDS". PBS. Archived from the original on 1997-06-05. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  3. ^ Whiteside, A.; Winsbury, R. (1996). "Vancouver AIDS conference: Special report. The role of the military: To protect society -- and themselves". AIDS Analysis Africa. 6 (4): 4. PMID 12347381.
  4. ^ Cohen, O. J.; Fauci, A. S. (1998). "HIV/AIDS in 1998--Gaining the Upper Hand?". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 280 (1): 87–8. doi:10.1001/jama.280.1.87. PMID 9660369.
  5. ^ "The Age of AIDS, Part II". Frontline. Season 24 (2006). Episode 11. 2006-05-31. Event occurs at 0:21:50. PBS. Retrieved 2023-01-31. International AIDS Conference 1996 in Vancouver showing combination therapy results
  6. ^ Engel, Jonathan (2006). The epidemic : [a global history of AIDS]. New York: Smithsonian Books/Collins. pp. 246. ISBN 978-0-06-114488-2.
  7. ^ Mahungu, Tabitha; Rodger, Alison; Johnson, Margaret (2009-04-01). "HIV as a chronic disease". Clinical Medicine. 9 (2): 125–128. doi:10.7861/clinmedicine.9-2-125. PMC 4952661. PMID 19435115. Archived from the original on 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2023-01-31.