Highlights from the 2009 U.S. Conference on AIDS
By Miguel Gomez, Jennie Anderson, Josie Halpern-Finnerty, and Michelle Samplin-Salgado
We just got back from the United States Conference on AIDS (USCA)
, sponsored by the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC)
, and are feeling very energized. There were several themes and key messages that we took away from the conference. The opening plenary, “Transgender People and HIV: Our Time Has Come!” emphasized the importance of better understanding our audiences, specifically the transgender community. We also continued to hear that we need to improve our capacity and reach. And this year there was a new emerging theme - that of new media’s role in the response to HIV. Case in point - at last year’s USCA in Florida, we had seven people attend our new media workshops. This year we had over 150 participants!
JoAnne Keatley
, UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender HIV Prevention
delivers the opening plenary remarks at USCA
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