EACS News

Today, May 27th, the results from the START study were announced. START - a major international randomized clinical trial - has found that HIV-positive individuals have a considerably lower risk of developing AIDS or other serious illnesses if they start taking antiretroviral drugs sooner, when their CD4+ T-cell count—a key measure of immune system health—is higher, instead of waiting until the CD4+ cell count drops to lower levels. Together with data from previous studies showing that antiretroviral treatment reduced the risk of HIV transmission to uninfected sexual partners, these findings support offering treatment to everyone with HIV.

See press release and question and answers from NIAID:

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2015/Pages/START.aspx

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/news/QA/Pages/STARTqa.aspx

Other material:

http://insight.ccbr.umn.edu/start/

21-24 October 2015

The Scientific Programme of the 15th European AIDS Conference is now available. 

We created a Day-to-Day overview to provide you with a detailed scientific programme.

With this Day-to-Day programme overview, you can select the sessions you wish to attend and download them in your personal calendar. 

Please visit the Conference website to have a look at this programme and to register to the conference.  

(Early registration fee until June 30, 2015)

21-24 October 2015

It is our great pleasure to invite you to Barcelona to attend the 15th European AIDS Conference on October 21-24, 2015.

Register online

Submit an abstract

Apply for a scholarship

Take a look at the Second Announcement.

Please visit www.eacs-conference2015.com for more information.

21 October 2015

The EACS Pre-Educational Course will take place on October 21, 2015 at the 15th European AIDS Conference, in Barcelona from 9:45 to 17:00.
It is intended for junior physicians managing HIV infection.
Registration is required via www.eacs-conference2015.com.

21 APRIL 2015

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of our colleague Professor Martin Fisher, leading HIV clinician and researcher based in Brighton, the United Kingdom. Through many years of prolific work, Professor Fisher established himself as a firm advocate for high standards of HIV care. He was a talented researcher and a great educator, and gave generously of his talents in many of the EACS activities, in particular as a much appreciated faculty member of the EACS Advanced HIV Course. It is difficult for us to imagine a course, a conference, another EACS event without Martin. We enjoyed his charismatic and warm personality, and will treasure the memories of the many professional and social moments we shared. He will be sorely missed.

Prof M. Battegay    Prof F. Mulcahy               Prof AM. Geretti

EACS President      EACS Vice-President    EACS Secretary

EuroCoord is a Network of Excellence established by the largest HIV cohorts and collaborations of people living with HIV/AIDS in Europe.

EuroCoord has developed several e-learning modules, each providing an introduction to some of the tools used in HIV cohort research, including study design, data collection and manuscript writing. These modules aim to deliver current laboratory and clinical training to aid in the management of HIV-infected patients.

We offer the following 5 courses:

• HIV Cohorts Data Exchange Protocol (HICDEP)
• The coding causes of death in HIV (CoDe)
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
• Manuscript writing
• Cohort studies

For more detailed information and access to the courses, please visit the EuroCoord website. For all enquiries, please email info@eurocoord.net