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Canberra, Wednesday 2 May, 2001
Fighting the new plague
What are the current treatments of HIV/AIDS and how will they change
in the future? Are our strategies for prevention up to scratch or have
we become complacent in our fight against the disease that has already
killed more than 18 million and infected another 34 million people?
Local and international experts will attempt to answer these questions
at a special panel discussion, titled 'Plague Proportions', in Canberra
tomorrow night.
Speakers will focus on current and future HIV/AIDS issues, such as drug
availability in third-world countries (which are worst affected by the
disease), present and expected costs of treatments, and whether researchers
are getting closer to finding a cure.
The panelists are Professors Peter Gage and Ian Ramshaw from the
John Curtin School of Medical Research
(JCSMR), ANU; Director of the Albion Street HIV/AIDS clinic, Sydney, Professor
Julian Gold; and Professor Dennis Altman, La Trobe University
researcher and consultant to the global program on AIDS. HIV patient,
Peter Canarvan will also be involved in the discussions.
The panel will examine the issues under the guidance of ABC Radio's Dr
Norman Swan and will field questions from the audience after their presentations.
The event is part of the National
Science Festival.
Click here for the
full 'Plague Proportions' program.
What? Plague Proportions
When? 7:30pm, Thursday, 3 May
Where? Bradman Theatrette, National Convention Centre, 31 Constitution
Avenue, Canberra
For information/interviews contact:
Professor Julian Gold, Albion St Clinic, Sydney, 0411 110 451 (m)
Professor Dennis Altman, La Trobe University, 0417 032 093 (m)
Peter Canarvan, HIV patient, 0412 274 208 (m)
Professor Peter Gage, JCSMR, 02 6125 3481 (w)
Professor Ian Ramshaw, JCSMR, 02 6125 3623 (w)
Or, Peter Jeffrey, JCSMR Public Affairs, 6125 3652 (w) or 0416 249
181 (m)
No:40/2001
© 2000 Marketing & Communications Division,
The Australian National University.
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Last Modified Tue, July 16, 2002
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