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Some 275 delegates from 21 countries will converge at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay from August 21 to 26 for the International HIV Management Conference.
The six-day meeting, which is being held in Jamaica for the first time, will bring together three important fora: the 8th Caribbean Cytometry & Analytical Society (CCAS) HIV/AIDS Workshop; the Jamaica National HIV/STI Programme's 8th Annual HIV Manage-ment Workshop; and the CCAS and Caribbean Medical Laboratory Foundation's collaborative meeting under the theme 'Harmonizing Quality Clinical Care and Laboratory Diagnostics on Behalf of Persons Most at Risk of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean'.
The conference presentations will span the entire gamut of HIV/AIDS management and will include deliveries from experts from the Royal Free and University College Medical School in London, United Kingdom; National HIV Immunology Laboratory in Ottawa, Canada; Children's Memorial Hospital and the Center for Disease Control, United States; University Hospital of the West Indies and National Public Health Laboratory, Jamaica, as well as other regional and local experts.
Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on August 17, local conference host and director of immunology at the National Laboratory Services, Dr Michelle Hamilton, informed that the conference is aimed at improving the quality of care and the management of persons living with HIV/AIDS, and is targeted at doctors, medical technologists, social workers, pharmacists, representatives from the National HIV Programme, laboratories, clinics and general support services.
She said the meetings and workshops to be held will provide an integrated training environ-ment covering all aspects of HIV/AIDS pathogenesis, diag-
nostics treatment and care.
