Grant: Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

CAHR is the organizing body for the Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR Conference). The Conference is the main venue for HIV researchers in Canada to present the results of their work and engage in vibrant knowledge exchange activities with their peers as well as with investigators in other disciplines and with the HIV/AIDS community. The CAHR Conference has been held annually, in different cities across Canada, since 1991. To be held in Toronto, the 24rd Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (2015 CAHR Conference) will focus on he changing face of HIV. While the eradication of HIV/AIDS continues to be the ultimate goal for the Canadian HIV/AIDS research community, HIV researchers are waging a battle on two fronts. Knowing that the vast majority of people with HIV and AIDS today live in lower- and middle-income countries, there is a moral imperative to think globally about this disease and to focus on a cure. However, HIV and AIDS also remains a pressing issue in Canada with an estimated 2,300 to 4,300 new infections in each year. With the discovery of antiretrovirals, most people in this country are now living for decades with HIV; however, they are also experiencing a host of new complications resulting from the effects of HIV as well as its treatment as they age. Understanding these co-morbidities and finding new and improved ways to improve prevention are important challenges here in Canada.