Attendees of the 2013 ICASA opening ceremony are inspired by HIV leaders, activists, performers and the legacy of Nelson Mandela. Read crowd-sourced coverage by session participants. 

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Latest estimates from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS(UNAIDS) show that the world continues to close in on the goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by stopping HIV transmission and halting AIDS-related deaths. Remarkable progress has been made over the last decade—yet significant challenges remain.

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An ambitious campaign in 15 high risk countries in sub-Saharan Africa to foster an AIDS-free generation by circumcising 20 million men and boys by 2016 may depend on a new small inexpensive device that does the job without surgery, pain or hypodermic needles.

saafrica.org \\  By Patrick Baidoo & Esther Aidoo

The Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, has encouraged African leaders to collaborate and put in place measures that will eventually lead to the production of medications (anti-retroviral drugs) that will help eradicate the HIV/AIDS disease from the continent by 2030.

Top Tweets from #ICASA2013 

Participants at ICASA 2013 are helping to capture the conversations using #ICASA2013. Follow the entire conversation. 

Mandela's Final Chapter: The Fight Against AIDS
// by ABC News

Nelson Mandela once said there can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way it treats its children. When he moved into his final act, he turned his attention to them, especially children and orphans with HIV. Watch his powerful story. 

Empowering Pregnant Women with HIV in South Africa
// by The Guardian 

Denise, in Cape Town, South Africa, recalls how frightened she was when she found out she was pregnant and HIV-positive in 2004. But she says the scheme helped her to protect her unborn baby throughout her pregnancy and she now mentors other expectant mothers herself.

ICASAYouthFront: Leadership, Accountability and Participation to Get to Zero
 

Leadership. Accountability. Participation. These are the three principles guiding the ICASA YouthFront at this 17th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa. The goal of the YouthFront campaign is to draw attention to the gaps in programming for young people, call for accountability from leadership and young people alike, and strengthen participatory mechanisms for young people in the global HIV response. 

By: FHI 360

ICASA 2013 is being crowd-sourced
Coverage of ICASA 2013 is being crowd-sourced. You can play a role by sharing conversation using #ICASA2013.  

ICASA 2013 Live Blog 
Live updates throughout the ICASA 2013 conference using participant tweets, photos, videos and quotes. 

The purpose of this Roadmap is to introduce key sessions and activities that could be of interest to communities of people living with HIV. These sessions and activities represent opportunities to highlight issues from our perspectives, and to reiterate the importance of involving people living with HIV in decisions and solutions. 

// by Joy Cunningham & Kate Plourde, FHI 360 

Today’s generation of young people has never known a world without HIV. Yet, according to a new report released by UNICEF, Children and AIDS: Sixth Stocktaking Report 2013, the promise is in reach of a world where no child is born with HIV and all children remain uninfected through adolescence.

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