National & international calendar.Jan. 13-14: Fertility regulation and systemic hormones in HIV-infected and at risk women, McLean VA. contact: Lisa Gail, lisag@blseamon.com Feb 4-7: African Women's Health Conf. 2003, Johannesburg, South Africa. Contact: African partnership for Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights of Women & Girls, conference@amanitae.org; www.amanitare.org/home2.html Feb. 10-14: 10th Conf. on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, MA. Contact: 115 S. Saint Asaph St., Alexandria, VA 22314, Tel: 703/535-6862, fax: 703/535-6899; info@retroconference.org, www.retroconference.org/2003 Feb. 14-17: National Youth Conference on HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome , Dallas, TX. Contact: NAPWA NAPWA National Association of People with AIDS (since 1983; Washington, DC) NAPWA North American Police Work Dog Association , 1413 K St., NW, 7th floor, Washington, DC 20005-3442, Tel: 202/898-0414; fax: 202/898-0435; rwarren@napwa.org, www.napwa.org Feb. 24-25: 2003 National Conference on African-Americans and AIDS, New York, NY. Contact: NCAAA, c/o ExpoTrac, PO Box 1280, Woonsocket, RI 02895. Tel: 401/766-4142, fax: 401/765-6677 or Rachel Gibson, rachel@fbhc.org. March 17-19: WORLD Retreat for HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. + women, Healdsburg, CA. Contact Sandi Luna, Retreat Coordinator, 510/986-0340 x310 for application/info. March 2-8, 2003: The Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS. Contact The Balm in Gilead balm in Gilead metaphorical cure for sins of the Israelites. [O.T.: Jeremiah 8:22] See : Healing , 130 W. 42nd St., Suite 450, New York, NY 10036, Tel: 212/730-7381, www.balmingilead.org. March 11: Management of Hep B or C and HIV/AIDS in Correctional Settings, satellite videoconference. Jim Ybarra, 518/262-4674, ybarraj@mail.amc.edu March 12-15: Community Planning Leadership Summit (CPLS), New York, NY. Contact: Paul Woods, NMAC, 1931 13th St., NW, Washington, DC 20009; tel: 202/483-6622 x343; fax: 202/483-1127; pwoods@nmac.org, www.nmac.org March 27-28: Hepatitis C and Substance Abuse, Foster City, CA (near SF airport). Contact: American Liver Foundation The American Liver Foundation (ALF) is a non-profit organization that promotes liver health and disease prevention. ALF provides research, education and advocacy for those affected by hepatitis and other liver diseases. The ALF has 26 chapters across the U.S. , 870 Market St., Suite 1046, San Francisco, CA 94102. Tel: 415/248-1060; Fax: 415/248-1066. March 28-30: HIV & STD (Subscriber Trunk Dialing) Long distance dialing outside of the U.S. that does not require operator intervention. STD prefix codes are required and billing is based on call units, which are a fixed amount of money in the currency of that country. prevention in Rural Communities, Bloomington, IN. Contact: Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention, Indiana Univ., 801 E. 7th St., Bloomington, IN 47405; tel: 812/855-1718, fax: 812/855-3717; aids@indiana.edu March 30-April 2: 15th National HIV/AIDS Update Conference (NAUC), Miami, FL. (prev. in San Francisco) Contact: Felicissimo & Assoc., c/o NAUC 2003, 205 Viger Ave., West, Suite 201, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Z 1G2 Tel: 514/874-1998; fax: 514/874-1580; nauc@fa-events.com; www.nauc.org. May 18-20: AIDS Watch (a national AIDS lobby day), Washington, DC. Contact: Antigone Hodgins, National Association of People with AIDS The People With AIDS (PWA) Self-Empowerment Movement was a movement of those diagnosed with AIDS and grew out of San Francisco. The PWA Self-Empowerment Movement believes that those diagnosed as having AIDS should "take charge of their own life, illness, and care, and to minimize (NAPWA), 202/898-0414, ahodgins@napwa.org. July 27-30: U.S. Centers for Disease Control 2003 National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA. Contact: CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation , www.2003HIVPrevConf.org. |
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