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The Annual Congress will take place from 4 to 7 March in Cancun, Mexico. Sponsored by the International Society for Infectious Diseases, the congress is the largest meeting of its type and brings together thousands of participants from more than 100 countries to share the latest research and developments in the field of infectious diseases.

For more information: www.isid.org

The workshop will be held from 11 to 13 March at the Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome, Italy. The main objectives of this meeting are to provide European researchers and clinicians in the field of HIV treatment with opportunities to share scientific findings and to translate science around resistance to clinical practice.

For more information: www.virology-education.com

An interdisciplinary research symposium on "HIV/AIDS in the Workplace" will be held between 29 and 30 June at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, organised by members of the Wits Schools of Business, Economics, Law, Public Health and Social Sciences. The symposium aims to provide an opportunity for researchers from all academic disciplines, and practitioners conducting 'action research' in work environments, to present and discuss their work on HIV/AIDS in the workplace.

Symposium themes include: Exploring tensions, contradictions and opportunities around HIV/AIDS programmes in the workplace; Projections vs. Reality - The real impact of HIV/AIDS in the workplace; Workplace Programmes in the Era of treatment - What is best practice?; HIV/AIDS and the 'atypical' workplace; Workplace and Society - Are there boundaries in responding to HIV/AIDS at work?

Deadline for abstract submission: 1st March
Deadline for papers: 31st May

For more information contact:
Rachel Browne: Centre for Health Policy: HIV/AIDS in the Workplace
Symposium
PO Box 1038, Johannesburg 2000
Tel: +27-11-489-9881
Fax: +27-11-489-9900
E-mail:
www.alp.org.za