George Curry, Editor-In-Chief Black AIDS Institute - XVII International AIDS Conference 2008

PR Log (Press Release) – Aug 05, 2008 – MEXICO CITY, MEXICO  -  With 20,000 approximate attendees, George Curry as Editor-In-Chief for the Black AIDS Institute (BAI) serves to guarantee that the African American community-at-large is at the forefront of the XVII 2008 AIDS International Conference (aids2008.org) - August 3-8, 2008 in Mexico City.  Curry's media team will report on the conference's commitment to provide available up-to-date worldwide information on AIDS scientific research emphasizing HIV prevention and treatment.  The conference began Sunday, August 3 and Curry's first dispatch to the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) News Service and Black AIDS Institute (BAI) Daily Online Newsletter, called to arms the necessity for the African American press to participate in the transfer of developing information on research and prevention of AIDS.

This years XVII International AIDS Conference chose the theme "Universal Action NOW" and opened with world leaders and health officials, including Mexican President Felipe Calderon and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, convening researchers, policymakers and advocates.  Curry's triage media staff magnify daily reports by revealing available online participation and source information gathering, detailing offerings for those unable to attend this international conference which is the single touchstone to the AIDS fight.  

Curry examines the significance of the conference's Global Village and satellite meetings and exhibitions to the fast growing African American AIDS epidemic.  Curry investigates the impact of The International AIDS Society AIDS 2008 programme being accredited for 28 credits by the European Union of Medical Specialists-European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (UEMS-EACCME); the response from USA eligible conference attendees - and what if any treatment option advancements will result to benefit the disproportionate number of African Americans in peril and counted out of current resources.

Curry sites that because a primary on-record goal for this years International AIDS Conference, is "to present strong evidence to influence leaders, including key policy makers and donors, to increase their commitment to HIV and AIDS prevention, care and treatment, undertake responsible action and be more accountable" - that this promise must be commitment inclusive of African Americans.  Curry further echoes the conferences statement to "Improve public awareness of the continued impact of and global response to HIV and AIDS through enhanced media coverage"  stating this serves to underscore already taken steps by The Black AIDS Institute in ensuring accurate media coverage be provided through his media team, to benefit African Americans.

During the XVIII International AIDS Conference, The Black AIDS Institute conducts daily breakfast training sessions to help journalists understand the difficult science discussed in abstracts and lectures inorder to sufficiently interpret for the African American community-at-large.

Curry boldly addresses The Black Aids Institutes "Left Behind! Black America: A Neglected Priority in the Global AIDS Epidemic" and structures daily reporter investigation to obtain firsthand reactions to such statistics as The United Nations bi-annual release "Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic," citing that AIDS in Black America is infact as severe as in Africa.  The BAI reports on the alarming fact that African American women between the ages of 25 and 44 account for 60 percent of all women in the United States living with HIV/AIDS - and that AIDS is the leading cause of death among African American women 25 to 34.  More Black Americans are infected with HIV than the total populations of people living with HIV in seven of the 15 countries served by PEPFAR.  These and other facts impacting the African American populous urge Curry to seek answers as to why the disproportionate number of African Americans in HIV/AIDS crisis is an epidemic largely being ignored by world AIDS proponents and how they plan to establish a favorable results resolution.

Curry looks closely at Former US President Bill Clinton's Keynote Address on HIV/AIDS and Health System Reform, delivered August 4, to assess the reality of achieving Universal Health Coverage - without a hidden agenda to omit African Americans; given most of Clinton's foundation funds have been toward AIDS in the Caribbean and Africa.

George Curry and media team remain on the watchtower, reporting daily on AIDS 2008 - touted as the premier international HIV and AIDS forum - for the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) 200 African American Newspapers and The Daily Black AIDS Institute online Newsletter (www.blackaids.org)