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EACS Treatment Guidelines have been updated: Version 7.1 - November 2014 is now available online. 
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EACS Secretariat has now moved to Bastion Tower, in Ixelles. We are located in the center of Brussels, close to Bruxelles-Midi, where international trains arrive. 

There are about 3 direct trains from and to Brussels airport per hour.

Our new address and contact details:

EACS Secretariat

European AIDS Clinical Society
Bastion Tower, Level 20
5, Place du Champ de Mars
1050 Brussels, BELGIUM

T1 +32 2 550 3786

T2 +32 2 550 3785
F +32 2 550 3535

info_at_eacsociety.org

21-28 November 2014

The aim of the European HIV Testing Week is to encourage at risk individuals to get tested. A high number of people are still unaware that they are HIV positive. HIV testing would help diagnose the disease at an early stage and allow quick access to treatment. “Talk HIV. Test HIV.” is the focus of this week.

The European AIDS Clinical Society is very saddened about the loss of so many members of the international AIDS community on flight MH17. More than 290 people on board MH17, July 17 2014 were en route, many of them to the AIDS 2014 conference in Melbourne, Australia. Joep Lange and his partner Jacqueline van Tongeren were among them.
Joep Lange had been an extraordinary pioneer and charismatic leader since the early days of the AIDS epidemic. As past president of the International AIDS Society and as a leading Dutch academic researcher, he fought continously for the dignity of all HIV-infected people across the world. Joep was a strong voice and committed advocate for access to HIV care for all and especially in Asia and Africa. Throughout the years, he was fearless in speaking truth, in particular in taking public officials to task.
Twelve years ago, during the closing ceremony of the XIVth International AIDS Conference in Barcelona, Joep Lange said "If we can get cold Coca-Cola and beer to every remote corner of Africa, it should not be impossible to do the same with drugs."
His words were an inspiration to us. Later, Joep Lange became the driving force behind the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development.
Many of us knew him as a wonderful friend as well as an outstanding scientific colleague. He was broad of expertise and an outstanding and passionate lecturer. This is an unspeakable loss. He was also a dedicated father of five children.
His partner Jacqueline van Tongeren coordinated many HIV/AIDS and health-related projects. She had worked closely with Joep Lange for many years.
Martine de Schutter and Pim de Kuijer who worked for Dutch NGOs were also on board of flight MH17.
The European AIDS Clinical Society expresses its sincere condolences to all relatives, family members and friends of people on board flight MH17.

EACS Meeting Standard of Care for HIV and COINFECTIONS in EUROPE
The European AIDS Clinical Society announces with great pleasure the EACS Meeting on Standard of Care for HIV and coinfections in Europe, organized in Rome on November 25-26.

This meeting provides a unique opportunity to share data and dialogue beween leading clinicians and researchers from Europe with all those involved in AIDS and liver disease care.

This meeting is organized in collaboration with the European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) under the auspices of the Italian Ministry of Health.

The European AIDS Clinical Society is holding a symposium on the European Guidelines at the 7th International Francophone Conference on HIV/Hepatitis AFRAVIH 2014, April 27 to 30, 2014 at the Corum in Montpellier, France.

With their focus on bedside care and clinical practice, the EACS guidelines have become very successful and respected beyond Europe. The Society wishes to appoint additional members to the above panels.

The application deadline is April 21, 2014.

March 17-18, 2014

New York, New York, USA
Up to 25 complementary registrations have been made available to EACS members to attend the 4th International Conference on Viral Hepatitis (ICVH), which will take place on March 17-18, 2014, at Fordham University (Lincoln Center) in New York, NY. If you are interested in attending the conference and wish to take up the offer of free registration, please reply to this mail with your name, affiliation and contact details by January 24 17:00 CET. We will then send you a registration code. Places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. After January 24, any remaining complimentary registrations will be posted on the EACS website and open to all EACS members.

The conference is jointly sponsored by the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC) and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in partnership with the International Association for the Study of Liver (IASL). The conference Co-Chairs are Dr. Douglas T. Dieterich (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA), Dr. Mario U. Mondelli (University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy), and Dr. Mark R. Nelson (Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, England).

To obtain the registration code, contact the EACS Secretariat at info_at_eacsociety.org