World AIDS Day, held annually on December 1st, unites us in support of those who are surviving with the disease, in commemoration of those who have died, and in a shared dedication to finding a cure.<\/p>\n
Recent scientific efforts have brought an increase in\u00a0long-awaited treatments that can help to mitigate the effects and rate of transmission of HIV\/AIDS. And yet with a rise in infection rates in the past few years among the most vulnerable risk groups, the crisis is far from over.<\/p>\n
The AIDS Education Collection, housed in the River Campus Libraries\u2019 Rare Books and Special Collections department, is comprised of more than 8,000 posters from 124 countries in 68 languages and dialects. It documents three decades of public awareness of the AIDS epidemic, revealing the evolution in how AIDS has been viewed and confronted, and the revolutions in attitudes towards the communities it has hit hardest.<\/p>\n
The Collection also contains a significant amount of ephemera. Displayed here are a selection of items that were intended to send a message in ways and places a poster could not: coasters, trading cards, T-shirts, and buttons, along with condoms packaged for free distribution, and educational pamphlets.<\/p>\n
This exhibit is just one of the events University-wide that will mark World AIDS Day.<\/p>\n
Center for AIDS Research
\nDecember 2nd, 2014, 10 AM \u2013 2 PM<\/p>\n
10-11 a.m. Keynote Presentation
\nPrevention-Effective Adherence: A new paradigm for understanding adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
\nJessica Haberer
\nAssistant Professor of Medicine
\nMassachusetts General Hospital
\nClass of \u201962 Auditorium<\/p>\n
11 a.m. – \u00a012:30 p.m. Scientific Poster Session
\nFlaum Atrium<\/p>\n
12:30-1:30 p.m. Keynote Presentation
\nUpdate on HIV CURE Research
\nRobert Siliciano
\nProfessor of Medicine
\nHoward Hughes Medical Institute
\nClass of \u201962 Auditorium<\/p>\n
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