August 2, 2022 | 2:16 pm
MONTREAL — The local organizer of an international AIDS conference in Montreal says the event helped highlight the tremendous progress made in HIV research and treatment technology. Dr Jean-Pierre Routy, local chairman of the conference, says the biggest breakthrough presented was research showing that a single injection of a long-acting antiretroviral drug can prevent people from acquiring HIV infection for two months, replacing daily pills. Despite visa issues that prevented hundreds of delegates from attending, Ruthie says people from 172 countries attended the event, which ends today. But Tinashe Rufurwadzo, director of programs, management and governance at Y+ Global, an international HIV-positive youth organization, says the AIDS 2022 conference was bittersweet.
title: “Progress Made At Montreal Aids Conference Despite Visa Problems Organizer Says " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-11” author: “Estelle Robinson”
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-ONE Larger font Increase the font size of the article A+ The local organizer of an international AIDS conference in Montreal says the event helped highlight the tremendous progress made in HIV research and treatment technology. Dr Jean-Pierre Routy, local chairman of the conference, says the biggest breakthrough presented was research showing that a single injection of a long-acting antiretroviral drug can prevent people from acquiring HIV infection for two months, replacing daily pills. Despite visa issues that prevented hundreds of delegates from attending, Ruthie says people from 172 countries attended the event, which ends on Tuesday.
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Story continues below ad He says those who attended were able to have meetings that would otherwise have been impossible, such as with government officials and pharmaceutical company executives, but many voices were missing because of visa issues. More than 9,000 people were scheduled to attend in person, while another 2,000 people registered to take part online. 1:32 ‘One pandemic cannot overshadow another’, says health minister on HIV/AIDS ‘One pandemic cannot overshadow another’, says health minister on HIV/AIDS © 2022 The Canadian Press