February Calendar Events

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13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)February 5-9, 2006Denver, CO Scientists and clinicians will converge in Denver this year to share their latest scoops in HIV research. Topics to be discussed at the 2006 confab will include immunology, vaccines, molecular epidemiology and hepatitis co-infections. www.retroconference.org/2006info@...(703) 535-6862 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD)February 7, 2006Across the United States The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started up NBHAAD in 1999 to promote HIV prevention and advocacy among African Americans, who account for approximately 40% of all AIDS diagnoses but make up only about 12% of the population. Keep your eyes (and Web bookmarks) on the Black AIDS Day home page to find out

about planned activities in your community. www.blackaidsday.org 13th Annual White National Youth Conference on HIV & AIDS (RWNYC)February 18-20, 2006Philadelphia, PA Participants at RWNYC—the only national HIV conference specifically designed for young people—will learn prevention, education, training, leadership and advocacy skills during a weekend of workshops. While old fogies can attend the conference too, the Positive Youth Institute on February

17 is a more intimate conference exclusively for nearly a hundred HIVers under 25. www.napwa.orgcperkins@...(240) 247-1015 The 2006 National Conference on African Americans and AIDS (NCAA)February 27-28, 2006Philadelphia, PA Organized by the nonprofit organization Minority Healthcare Communications, the NCAA conference brings together health care providers to

discuss the newest HIV initiatives and concerns affecting African Americans. Workshops in 2006 will include “HIV and homelessness,” “New Directions in HIV/AIDS Policy” and “Prevention Challenges.” www.minority-healthcare.com/ncaa_2006MHCC@...

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