One-day seminars for making progress

Every Spring over the last seven years, TRT-5 has organized a one-day seminar in the offices of the Health Ministry whose objective is to reflect over currently concerning issues related to HIV infection that need a particular mobilization. The issues discussed were resistance tests in 1999, plasma and intracellular ARV drug monitoring in 2000, side effects and pharmacovigilance in 2001, therapeutic failure in 2002, immune therapy in 2003, HIV and hepatitis co-infection in 2004, and long-term effects of HIV infection and their associated treatments in 2005. In this last seminar, which took place last April 1st, a report will be published that will introduce the key aspects of the interventions and, we hope, will help to start raising awareness and launching initiatives for a better knowledge, prevention, and optimal management of these long-term effects.

As it stands now in 2005, TRT-5 has become a solid group, deeply committed to an improved recognition of the needs and rights of PLWHAs.

EATN - European AIDS Treatment News, Volume 13, I – Spring 2005