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23 November 2021

NCHIV serves as platform for stakeholders in the Netherlands to share and discuss the latest insights and developments in research concerning the pathogenesis, epidemiology, prevention and treatment of HIV.

NCHIV is intended for a wide audience, including biomedical scientists in HIV/AIDS, HIV treating physicians, pharmacologists, infectious disease epidemiologists, (medical) microbiologists and HIV nurses.

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London, 30 October 2021

It is time to change the paradigm of fighting something. Therefore, the key message of the new campaign is:

“Respect diversity: HIV status, sex work, sex, gender, sexuality, migration, mobility, choice, love, freedom, diversity, dignity, ethnicity, special needs, well-being, sexual and mental health, intimacy, lust, rights, faith and humanity”.

The main event of the campaign is a demonstration and march through the streets of London on Saturday 30 October, at 2:30pm UK time.

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The race to support children living with HIV will kick off on 27 October at 17:45 GMT at the opening ceremony of the 18th European AIDS Conference held at ExCeL London. The race will end 36 days later on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan on World AIDS Day – 1 December 2021.

The aim of the race is to raise the level of public awareness and understanding around the problems faced by children and adolescents living with HIV in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Funds raised will also provide support for a camp for Russian-speaking children living with HIV.

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21 October 2021

Since the pandemic outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in 2020, the HIV Cure Research Center lab has invested heavily in the initiation of key COVID-19 research. Therefore, for the second year in a row, we decided to organize an HIV and SARS-CoV-2 hybrid symposium, which will take place on the 21st of October. During this symposium key aspects of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis and HIV cure will be discussed.

The deadline for abstract submission is October 7th, 2021.

For more information about the symposium, click here.

10 November 2021

The University of Liverpool Drug Interactions Group are hosting the “Liverpool Masterclass in Antiviral Pharmacology (LMAP)”, a free educational webinar on 10th November 2021 between 15:00-17:50 GMT. Developed by the team behind the Liverpool HIV, Hepatitis and COVID-19 Drug Interaction tools, this webinar has been specifically designed for healthcare professionals, exploring emerging topics in the clinical management of HIV and COVID-19, especially in relation to clinical pharmacology, management of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) and complex patient cases.

Sessions will be a range of talks and case-based presentations and each half with conclude with an interactive Q&A session.

For further details and to register: https://mailchi.mp/liverpool/liverpool-masterclass-in-antiviral-pharmacology-8907717

28-29 October 2021

We invite you to join us for the plenary lectures of the 18th European AIDS Conference that will take place on Thursday and Friday, October 28-29, 2021 from 9:00-10:05:
- On the path to zero, Teymur Noori, Sweden

- The Ying and Yang of SARS-CoV-2 and HIV vaccinology, Richard Koup, United States

- The final word on weight for 2021: The past and what should we do in the future?, Jordan E. Lake, United States

- Resilience: Growing from adversity, Jane Marshall, United Kingdom
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27 October 2021

The WAVE workshop and the EACS Pre-educational course will take place on Wednesday, 27 October 2021.

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EACS wil organise a virtual exhibition at the 18th European AIDS Conference.
Artists living with HIV are invited to submit their work - drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, short movies or images of 3D exhibits – which must have been created from 2018 to 2021.

Art that has HIV-associated subjects at its heart is particularly welcome and, if preferred, artists can be anonymous.

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