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16th International Conference on AIDS & STIs in Africa (ICASA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Title:
16th International Conference on AIDS & STIs in Africa (ICASA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
When:
04 December 2011 - 08 December 2011
Category:
Disease Prevention & Control

Description

The 16th ICASA Conference will be held from 4-8 December 2011 under the theme: "Own, Scale-Up and Sustain" in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

ICASA 2011 – Objectives:

  • Serve as an advocacy platform to mobilize African leaders, partners and the communities to increase ownership, commitment and support to the response.
  • Provide a forum for exchange of knowledge, skills and consolidation of experiences and best practices in Africa and around the globe to scale up evidence-based response on HIV/AIDS/STIs, TB and Malaria to achieve the MDGs.
  • Use as a forum to link and hold accountable political and national leaders, the scientific community, practitioners, communities, civil societies, the private sector and partners to scale-up and sustain the response.
  • Create opportunities to define priorities and set policy and program agenda to enhance mobilization and effective utilization of resources.

More on the 16th ICASA

ICASA 2011 Announcement Card [pdf: 158.01 kB]