XV International AIDS Conference - Daily Coverage Bangkok, Thailand | July 11 - 16, 2004 Guide to Coverage Please note that the availability of certain webcasts is subject to change. Pre-Conference | July 11 | July 12 | July 13 | July 14 | July 15 | July 16 | Post Conference | Home ET=Eastern Time and is GMT -4. Pre-Conference Coverage (Scheduled coverage is listed below.) Newsmaker Interviews Senator Mechai Viravaidya, director, Population and Community Development Association, Thailand Anthony Fauci, M.D., director, U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Yoweri Museveni, president, Uganda Joep Lange, M.D., president, International AIDS Society Session Webcasts HIV/AIDS in Thailand Back to top Sunday, July 11 (Scheduled coverage is listed below.) Newsmaker Interview Jack Chow, M.D., assistant director-general, HIV/AIDS, TB & Malaria, World Health Organization Session Webcasts Opening Ceremony AIDS Treatment and Prevention in India, Thailand, and South Africa The 3 by 5 Initiative Official Conference Press Briefing Daily Updates Seventeen thousand delegates from 160 countries attended the opening ceremonies of the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. The theme this year is "Access for All." The Bangkok conference marks the first time a secretary general of the United Nations has attended. Available now. Back to top Monday, July 12 (Scheduled coverage is listed below.) Daily Updates Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni stirred up controversy at today's XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, for his strong stance that abstinence and faithfulness in marriage are the first line of defense against HIV. "I look at the condom as an improvisation--not a solution--an improvisation," he said. Available now. Bangkok Notebook Science magazine correspondent Jon Cohen talks to Jackie Judd about the beginning of the International AIDS Conference, including an opening ceremony that did not go as planned. Available now. Newsmaker Interview Zackie Achmat, AIDS activist; chair, Treatment Action Campaign Daily HIV/AIDS Report Available now. Session Webcasts Plenary: Access to Resources: Commitment and Accountability Official Conference Press Briefing Funding the Response to HIV/AIDS: Why are Donors Not Working Together? Mobilizing Women Leaders in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS Special Meet the Leaders: Leadership Across Sectors I CNN v. ABC (CNN=Condoms, Needles and Negotiating Skills/ABC=Abstinence, Be Faithful and Condoms) ARV Therapy in 2004: Implications for Middle Income Countries The Global Fund: A Model for Financing? Back to top Tuesday, July 13 (Scheduled coverage is listed below.) Daily Updates Delegates and speakers at the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand called for broader accessibility to antiretroviral treatment. Jim Kim, who heads the World Health Organization's 3 by 5 Initiative, expressed shame over the six million people who have died of AIDS since the Conference last met two years ago. "By these measures of human life, the ones that really matter, we have failed and we have failed miserably to do enough in the precious time that has passed since Barcelona," he said. Available now. Bangkok Notebook Science magazine correspondent Jon Cohen talks to Jackie Judd about recent developments at the AIDS conference, including a bold admission by a world health leader. Available now. Newsmaker Interview Suniti Solomon, M.D., director, YRG CARE (Y.R. Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education) Hank McKinnell, CEO, Pfizer Daily HIV/AIDS Report Available now. Session Webcasts Plenary: Scaling Up Access to Treatment Official Conference Press Briefing Are Intellectual Property Rights a Barrier to Increased Access to ARVs? Showcasing Media Partnerships Special Meet the Leaders: Political Leadership Towards a HIV-free Generation Back to top Wednesday, July 14 (Scheduled coverage is listed below.) Daily Updates As U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Randall Tobias prepared to address the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, protests overtook applause. Available now. Bangkok Notebook Kaiser Family Foundation's Senior Visiting Fellow Jackie Judd reviews the day's news with Science reporter Jon Cohen. Available now. Newsmaker Interviews Randall Tobias, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Richard Gere, actor and AIDS activist Daily HIV/AIDS Report Available now. Session Webcasts Plenary: Ensuring Access for Youth and Women Official Conference Briefing Treatment Approaches: Health Systems Capacity in Resource Constrained Settings Special Lecture: The Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS - Doing It Differently (Randall Tobias, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator) At the Crossroads: Accelerating Youth Access to HIV/AIDS Services Joint Action: An Imperative to Success Developing High Impact Leadership Skills for HIV/AIDS Back to top Thursday, July 15 (Scheduled coverage is listed below.) Daily Updates At an evening musical event hosted by former South African President Nelson Mandela, a $50 million pledge was announced from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Available now. Bangkok Notebook Science magazine correspondent Jon Cohen provides his daily briefing on the AIDS Conference, beginning today with interesting and alarming statistics about HIV and women. Available now. Newsmaker Interviews Allan Rosenfield, M.D., dean, Columbia University School of Public Health Sombat Thanprasertsuk, M.D., Thai AIDS director Helene Rossert-Blavier, M.D., general director, AIDES; board member, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Daily HIV/AIDS Report Available now. Session Webcasts Plenary: Expanding Options and Access for Prevention Official Conference Press Briefing Challenging Exclusion and Stigmatization: Access for Mobile and Displaced Populations Special Lecture: Pathogenesis of HIV Disease: Current Concepts (Anthony Fauci, M.D., director, U.S. NIAID) HIV/AIDS in Asia: Why Worry? Press Briefing on Confronting the Joint HIV-TB Epidemic Prevention, Access and Choices: Men Who Have Sex with Men in Developing Countries 46664: The Message with the Nelson Mandela Foundation Back to top Friday, July 16 (Scheduled coverage is listed below.) Daily Updates Thai children directly affected by AIDS performed at the closing ceremonies of the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, emphasizing to delegates the importance of their work to stop HIV and AIDS. Everyone who spoke challenged conference participants to appreciate the urgency of their task and to strive towards unity. Available now. Bangkok Notebook Kaiser Family Foundation's Senior Visiting Fellow Jackie Judd reviews the day's news with Science reporter Jon Cohen. Available now. Newsmaker Interviews Purnima Mane, Ph.D., director, Department of Social Mobilization and Information, UNAIDS Daily HIV/AIDS Report Available now. Session Webcasts Plenary: Overcoming Challenges Through Empowerment and Action Official Conference Press Briefing Summaries of Highlights by the Chief Rapporteurs Closing Ceremony Back to top Post-Conference Coverage (Scheduled coverage is listed below.) Session Webcasts Post Bangkok: Outcomes of the XV International AIDS Conference and Board Meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria Video Highlights from the XV International AIDS Conference Back to top Coverage provided by kaisernetwork.org, a free health policy news and webcasting service from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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