Conference Updates Sign up now to receive the Daily Update email during the week of the conference. Newsmaker Interview South Africa's leading AIDS activist, Zackie Achmat, talks with Kaiser's Jackie Judd about his expectations of the AIDS Conference and access to treatment in South Africa and the developing world. more... HIV/AIDS Milestones This interactive Web-based timeline, designed to serve as an ongoing reference tool, begins with 1981 and includes key events and noteworthy activities through 2004. more... HIV/AIDS in Thailand This video features interviews with people who are on the frontlines of efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in Thailand. Watch our other video features on Brazil, Haiti and India. more... RESOURCES Financing the Expanded Response to AIDS This new UNAIDS draft report shows increased global AIDS spending, but warns it is not enough to effectively fight the epidemic in the developing world. more... XV International AIDS Conference - Daily Coverage Bangkok, Thailand | July 11 -16, 2004 Kaisernetwork.org is providing daily coverage of the XV International AIDS Conference from Bangkok, Thailand, including webcasts, interviews, news summaries, and more. Visit our Guide to Coverage. Monday, July 12, 2004 Monday, July 12, 2004--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. (video) (transcript) 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. (video) U.N. Secretary-General Annan Opens XV International AIDS Conference Calling for World Leaders To Do More To Combat Epidemic Protestors Stage Rally Outside XV International AIDS Conference To Call for Increased Antiretroviral Drug Access Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Pledges Antiretroviral Drugs For All HIV-Positive People in Country View today's entire report. Opening Ceremony from the XV International AIDS Conference (7/11/2004) World Bank: AIDS Treatment and Prevention Costs and Consequences of Expanding Treatment in India, Thailand and South Africa (7/11/2004) World Health Organization: The 3 by 5 Initiative (7/11/2004) Official Conference Press Briefing (7/11/2004) Official Conference Press Briefing (7/12/2004) Plenary: Access to Resources: Commitment and Accountability (7/12/2004) Funding the Response to HIV/AIDS: Why are Donors Not Working Together? (7/12/2004) Mobilizing Women Leaders in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS (7/12/2004) CNN v. ABC (CNN=Condoms, Needles and Negotiating Skills/ABC=Abstinence, Be Faithful and Condoms) (7/12/2004) ARV Therapy in 2004: Implications for Middle Income Countries (7/12/2004) Content Sharing Options: Extend the reach of the conference through free email and online content-sharing options. Forward the Daily Update email to your listserv or email subscribers Link to the conference coverage from your Web site Feature the complete coverage on your Web site through our free content syndication service Find out more at www.kaisernetwork.org/aids2004/syndication.cfm .       ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......

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