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CCAS Expert Summit to focus on paradigm shift from HIV care to cure.  Summit will also focus on state-of-the-art advances in HIV treatment.

May 24, 2018

The “CCAS EXPERT SUMMIT: From Care to Cure – Towards the Elimination of HIV”, will bring together an array of experts who have been selected not only for their international reputation but also for the vision they bring to their work. The summit is being described as an exciting juncture in the HIV field.  Discussions will focus on the state-of-the-art advances in HIV treatment as practitioners shift the paradigm from care to cure.

The summit will review the dramatic advances in antiretroviral therapy and the public health benefits accruing from treatment as prevention. The Caribbean is LEADING THE WORLD in eliminating mother-to-child transmission, with seven (7) Caribbean countries certified by the UN to have eliminated transmission of HIV from infected pregnant mothers to their infant.  The event will be held at the Coco Palm Hotel, Saint Lucia from 26 – 30 August 2018.

To register, click on the following link: http://www.ccasexpertsummit.org/