Tools for Journalists Covering IAS 2011 Conference in Rome
Posted by
Robert Yule
Rome, Italy
July 16, 2011
This coming week, the Foundation will be highlighting the latest research on issues related to children and HIV at the
sixth annual International AIDS Society (IAS) conference.
Foundation VP of Research Dr. Laura Guay (left, behind
podium) talks to journalists at IAS 2011 in Rome, Italy.
(Photo: EGPAF/Bob Yule)
For journalists attending the Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention in Rome – and for those covering it from afar – we’ve produced an updated and expanded handbook on the issue of pediatric AIDS.
Click here to download A Journalist’s Guide to Reporting on Pediatric HIV and AIDS.
It includes various resources for the media, including a list of the top ten questions when reporting on HIV and children, the top ten research studies on prevention and treatment of pediatric AIDS, and a glossary of scientific terms, among other documents.
The Foundation’s Vice President of Research, Dr. Laura Guay, also spoke today on the elimination of pediatric HIV/AIDS, and answered reporters’ questions at the IAS-sponsored Media Training & Briefing.
You can read her presentation, Eliminating Pediatric HIV/AIDS, and Caring for Children with HIV, below.
With nearly thirty colleagues attending the conference from 11 of the 17 countries in which we work, the Foundation will be presenting on the issues of pediatric AIDS and the health of HIV-positive mothers, sharing our own clinical and implementation research findings, and participating in a variety of sessions.
Read our press release for a full listing of the Foundation’s IAS activities, and keep updated by regularly visiting
our IAS page.
I’ll also be reporting from Rome here on the blog each day with news on pediatric AIDS, and in real time on our Twitter page,
@EGPAF.
And journalists can contact me at
ryule@pedaids.org with any questions, or to interview Foundation staff attending IAS.
Until then, ciao for now!
Robert Yule is the Foundation’s Senior Media Relations Manager in Washington, D.C., and is blogging this week from the 2011 IAS Conference in Rome.