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Canadian Researcher Elected President of International AIDS Society

From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

February 24, 2006

Canadian researcher Julio Montaner has been elected president-elect of the International AIDS Society, the Vancouver Sun reports. Montaner, who is acting director of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, will assume his role at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto, which is scheduled for Aug. 13 through Aug. 18 (Vancouver Sun, 2/23). He will take over as president in 2008 (CBCNews, 1/22). Montaner said that he plans to promote the role of the Society worldwide in preventing, controlling and treating HIV/AIDS. He also plans to focus on widening access to antiretroviral therapy worldwide (Canadian Press, 2/23).

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Reprinted with permission from kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/hiv. The Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report is published for kaisernetwork.org, a free service of the Kaiser Family Foundation, by The Advisory Board Company. © 2006 by The Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.

XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, August 13-18, 2006; Record Number of Abstracts: India, Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, Uganda Strongly Represented

This article was provided by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. It is a part of the publication Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report. Visit the Kaiser Family Foundation's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.

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