The International AIDS Conference 2010

The International AIDS Conference 2010 was held in Vienna, Austria from 18 to 23 July to gather those working in the field of HIV such as policymakers, scientists and researchers, those living with HIV, and other individuals committed to eliminating the HIV pandemic. This conference was particularly significant as a follow-up to the events of 2005, when G8 leaders, the UN World Summit and the UNAIDS Secretariat made a commitment to define a conceptual framework for universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and care by 2010. The conference aimed to demonstrate the importance of continued HIV investments to broader health and development goals, to highlight the links between human rights and HIV, to present new scientific findings and to offer opportunities for dialogue on major issues facing the global response to HIV.