International AIDS Conference

The visa hurdle: Why conference applicants from the global south can't always clear it

3:31pm July 13, 2022

by Ari Daniel

Global health meetings are often held in the West — and that's an obstacle for scientists, doctors and advocates from lower resource countries. Which means their voices aren't being heard.

Dr. Mathilde Krim at the World AIDS Day Symposium presented by the Foundation For AIDS Research and the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in 2002. Krim had a knack for helping people talk about HIV/AIDS rationally, colleagues say.

Pioneering HIV Researcher Mathilde Krim Remembered For Her Activism

7:26pm January 17, 2018

by Patti Neighmond

Mathilde Krim, who died this week, was a vocal pioneer in HIV treatment and research at a time when discrimination against people with AIDS in the U.S. was rampant, even in medical care.

Queue Listen Now

Cleopas Kapembwa Chisanga of Zambia, who is HIV positive, is the subject of a new video and will be broadcasting from this week's International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa.

A New Generation Learns How To Live With HIV

5:36pm July 18, 2016

by Jason Beaubien

You can hear their stories in a series of videos — and listen to their youth-oriented coverage of the International AIDS Conference.

"The father of my children died from HIV and that gave me a lot of problems. I cried. There are still people who stay away. They are afraid and they talk among themselves, always pointing their fingers at me. Sometimes I think, maybe I should have died. B

PHOTOS: Handing Over The Camera To People With HIV

8:46am July 16, 2016

by Kristin Adair

'Through Positive Eyes,' an exhibit of 145 photos, is opening in Durban as the International AIDS Conference begins.