AIDS 2016: International conference opens with one ubiquitous question
Humanosphere - Durban, South Africa,The 21st International AIDS Conference began with the question: “What will it really take to achieve the end of AIDS?”
With more than 15,000 delegates, journalists and others expected this week at the bi-annual conference, a lot of hype focuses on the upcoming ‘special session’ with Sir Elton John and Prince Harry of Wales on the stigma and discrimination of HIV among adolescents. But a group of high-profile experts and advocates drew its own standing-room-only crowd on Sunday to discuss the current state of AIDS in the world, which they say is at a critical crossroads.
“The international community has been very clear about setting ambitious global targets to end AIDS,” said Ben Plumley, CEO of Pangaea Global AIDS, an advocacy group with offices in Harare, Zimbabwe, and Oakland, California. “What has been less clear is the necessary platform of long-term actions needed to deliver these ambitions goals.” (Credit: AP Photo)