International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO) in close collaboration with the ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work (ILO AIDS) will organize the second edition of its training activity “HIV/AIDS and the World of Work: A prevention & social protection perspective” which will be held in Turin, Italy, from 13 to 24 September 2010.

The main objective of this interregional training course is to strengthen the capacity of planners and social actors to develop and implement workplace policies and programmes on HIV/AIDS that build on and benefit from the decent work approach, covering rights, prevention, employment issues, social protection aspects and social dialogue, with a focus on prevention and social protection. 
 
Applications to attend the course should be supported by a nomination letter from the sponsoring/funding institution, indicating how the candidate will be financed. Applications should arrive not later than 31 July 2010 to the following address: socpro@itcilo.org (an application form is also provided by e-mail as an attachment).

International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) is organising it's 25th Conference with the theme of 'Broadening your Horizons'. The conference will provide the most updated information in the field of STI and HIV and give the participants an opportunity of meeting experts from all over the world. The strong impact all over the world, the variety of clinical pictures, and the different medical disciplines involved, make STI a topic of global interest. In order to meet the needs of all participants: clinicians, scientists, nurses and students, STI-related problems, including HIV/AIDS, will be considered under several approaches, from basic science to social issues.

The discovery of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has been a boon to the HIV infected persons, but this has posed a major challenge to health workers. Due to HAART many more HIV infected persons are living longer, but most of those infected cannot afford it for life long. In view of this, several nations including India have started providing free ART. Whether or not on HAART, the life time risk of contracting opportunistic infections (OI) is extremely high. Also concerns of resistance to anti-retroviral drugs have become important. The pattern of OIs and the treatment protocols also differ from country to country and region to region. Most of these issues will be discussed during this unique conference on first two days.

The Second International Conference on Alcohol and HIV is being organised by International Center for Research on Women, The Institute for Community Research, Public Health Foundation of India and National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The conference will highlight evaluated prevention programs, intervention research and national policies that address the links between alcohol and HIV, and are focused on risk reduction. A special emphasis of this year's conference is the role of gender norms that can elevate HIV-related risks for both women and men especially in the presence of alcohol. Multilevel approaches will be favored since it is now widely recognized that individual level intervention strategies to reduce alcohol consumption and/or sexual risk are not sustainable. The conference will bring together program specialists and researchers from India and neighboring South Asian countries as well as U.S. researchers working in India. The outcomes will be guidelines for improved alcohol-related HIV risk reduction strategies appropriate for India and the region and an intervention research agenda for future work in the field.

The World Health Summit is the annual international conference of the M8 Alliance of leading Academic Health Centers and Medical Universities. The World Health Summit presents the opportunity to unleash the creativity and power of academic medicine to shape the future of global health in partnership with public, private and non-profit institutions. The aim of the summit is to develop cogent and timely responses and solutions to achieve a better health standard for populations worldwide. It will bring together highprofile representatives from medicine, research, governments, industry, international institutions, and non-governmental organisations, to address the most pressing issues that medicine and health care systems will face over the next decade and beyond.

The Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference 2010 will be held back-to-back with the 2010 Australasian Sexual Health Conference. The Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference brings together the range of disciplines involved in HIV Management including Basic Science, Clinical Medicine, Community Programs, Education, Epidemiology, Nursing and Allied Health, Policy, Prevention, Primary Care, Public Health and Social Research.

International delegates and child welfare experts will gather at the IBM Learning Center in Palisades, New York this November 8 to 11 for WorldForum 2010, the 21st annual summit of the International Forum for Child Welfare (IFCW). This year’s theme, A World Fit for Children: Advancing the Global Movement, sets the stage for 500 delegates from 40 nations to take stock of current successes and obstacles; to share cutting edge research, innovative solutions, and best practices; and to plan for future action. A parallel forum for young people will focus on the participation of youth in the welfare process. Alongside the IFCW, co-hosts for the summit will be The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families (CHCF), Mentoring USA and Mentoring USA/Italia.

41st Union World Conference on Lung Health is to be hosted at the International Congress Centre in Berlin, Germany, on 11-15 November 2010. This conference will be very special as it will celebrate the 90th birthday of The Union and marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Robert Koch who was the first person to isolate the tuberculosis bacillus in 1882 and subsequently awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his tuberculosis findings in 1905. Scientific sessions selected for this year’s programme intend to highlight innovation in TB, HIV and lung health, setting a course for future health solutions. As a link from the past to present, and the central role of research, the theme of the conference is “Tuberculosis, HIV and lung health: from research and innovation to solutions”.

16-19 November 2010: Researchers, policy-makers, representatives of donor and multinational organizations, and other stakeholders representing diverse constituencies will gather in Montreux, Switzerland to share evidence, identify significant knowledge gaps, and set a research agenda aimed at accelerating universal health coverage.

Registration to the Symposium is limited, so register early to ensure your participation!

For information on registration, see link provided.

The Lancet Conference on Women's Health in Asia will bring together world-leading experts to review the latest research and to debate the most effective strategies for improved sexual health and diagnosis, treatment, and management of disorders affecting women. It is anticipated that participants will benefit from a greater understanding of the impact of violence, arranged marriage, contraception, and abortion on public-health strategies in Asia, gain an insight into fundamental public health and operation strategies for improved sexual health of women, enhance knowledge and up-to-date scientific insight into birth defects, genetics, and screening, receive an update on multimodal strategies to prevent and treat HPV-associated cancers, get an opportunity to discuss perspectives and exchange ideas for the future management of cancer in women and in the end, develop an interdisciplinary understanding of comprehensive women’s health-related issues in a global perspective.

The meeting will be of particular interest to Physicians (infectious disease, obstetrics & gynaecology, oncology, fertility, women's health), Primary care teams, Clinical researchers, Public health-care workers and allied health-care workers.