Upcoming HIV/AIDS Conferences: March

Title: National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS
City: Nationwide
Country: United States
Dates: 03/07/2010 - 03/13/2010
Event Type: Special Event
Subject: Advocacy; Education and Prevention; Faith Based AIDS Services; HIV/AIDS Prevention
Description: The purpose of The National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS is to bring national attention to the AIDS epidemic in the United States and the extraordinary role faith communities can and are playing in AIDS prevention, education, service, and advocacy. The National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS will promote the continuous national mobilization and education of faith communities to take an even greater role in the implementation of AIDS education and services within their local communities and across the nation.
Sponsor: The Balm In Gilead, Inc.
Contact: For more information contact the Balm In Gilead, Inc., 701 East Franklin Street, Suite 1000, Richmond, VA 23219; E-mail: info@nationalweekofprayerforthehealingofaids.org; Phone: (804) 644-2256 or (888) 225-6243; or access the Web site: www.nationalweekofprayerforthehealingofaids.org/index.html.
Notes: Visit: www.nationalweekofprayerforthehealingofaids.org/register.html to enter your congregation as a participant in the National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS National Map.

Title: 2010 National STD Prevention Conference
City: Atlanta
State: GA
Country: United States
Dates: 03/08/2010 - 03/11/2010
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Health Care Policies; Hepatitis Prevention; HIV/AIDS Prevention; STD Prevention
Description: A unique feature of the National STD Prevention Conference is the interface of STD prevention science, program, and policy. The program highlights of this conference will include the following Plenary Sessions: Public Health in Health Care Reform, Vision for the Future of STD Prevention in a New Era of Change, Achieving a More Holistic Norm for Sexual Health, and STD Prevention in the Future of Public Health. Mini-Plenary Session topics include: Emerging Issues for HIV/STI Prevention (HPV Vaccine, Serosorting, PrEP); Facebook, Blogs, and Cellphones: Opportunities and Challenges for STD Prevention; Sexual Partnering: The Science, Determinants, and Implications; and Audience Interaction Session: Unanswered Questions in STD Prevention Programs.
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Contact: For more information contact CDC, E-mail: STDConf@cdc.gov; or access the Web site: www.cdc.gov/stdconference/.
Notes: Registration is now open. Registration Fee: $240 until January 15, 2010 (Early-bird registration).

Title: Infectious Diseases: Adult Issues in the Outpatient and Inpatient Settings
City: Sarasota
State: FL
Country: United States
Dates: 03/08/2010 - 03/12/2010
Event Type: Seminar
Subject: Adults; Diagnosis; Disease Prevention; Hepatitis; HIV/AIDS; Primary Care; Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs); Tuberculosis (TB); Infectious Diseases
Description: Following this course, the participant should be able to recognize the epidemiology and classify commonly presenting infectious diseases; identify the clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, and methods of diagnosing the presenting diseases; and apply the current recommendations of pharmacologic management, referral or follow-up, and prevention. This activity is expected to result in increased confidence in making an appropriate diagnosis and providing effective treatment and referral or follow-up care with the overall goal of improving patient outcomes. The emphasis will be on current guidelines and evidence-based medicine, as indicated within each topic's specific objectives. Since Infectious Diseases is a specialty field of medicine that affects all areas of Primary Care to include: FM, IM, EM, and Pediatrics, this course was designed to cover the spectrum of Infectious Diseases essential to all practicing physicians. Topics will be covered include HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Tuberculosis, Viral Hepatitis, and other infectious diseases.
Sponsor: American Medical Seminars, Inc.
Contact: For more information contact the American Medical Seminars, Inc., E-Mail: mail@ams4cme.com; Toll Free: (866) ams4cme (866-267-4263); Phone: (941) 388-1766; Fax: (941) 365-7073; or access the Web site: www.ams4cme.com/www/LiveSeminars/ SEMLA-2420100308.aspx.
Notes: Registration fee: Regular -- $745/Physician; $645/Non Physician; Late -- $795/Physician; $695/Non Physician. Continuing education credits are available.

Title: 14th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID)
City: Miami
State: FL
Country: United States
Dates: 03/09/2010 - 03/12/2010
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Disease Transmission; Diseases or Disorders; Infection Control; Infections; Travelers
Description: Physicians, scientists, and microbiologists who attend the 14th ICID will be able to articulate updated knowledge of developments on the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, or control of infectious diseases around the world. Participants at the close of the Congress will be versed in the latest global efforts on malaria eradication; understand the history of the discovery of HIV and comprehend how the prevention of transmission of HIV will likely unfold by looking at trends and other clues from the early 21st century; understand the effect of international health and global migration on emerging infections, tropical diseases, and vaccine-preventable diseases in various mobile populations, including travelers; appreciate the impact on adults of Pneumococcal infections in children; and be aware of the microbial ecology of infectious diseases.
Sponsor: International Society for Infectious Diseases.
Contact: Access the web site at www.isid.org/14th_icid/ for pre-registration, registration, scientific program, confirmed speakers, and financial assistance.
Notes: A limited number of scholarships will be available to participants with accepted abstracts. Early registration deadline is January 15, 2010. Continuing education credits are available.

Title: 14th Annual Conference of the Union-North America Region
City: Orlando
State: FL
Country: United States
Dates: 03/11/2010 - 03/13/2010
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Diagnosis; HIV/AIDS; TB Prevention; TB Transmission; TB Treatment; Coinfections
Description: The conference objectives are to present the current state of the science, research on diagnosis, treatment, and management of TB and HIV coinfection; to provide a forum for participants from Latin America, the Caribbean and Haiti to network with TB experts from North America; and to provide an opportunity for exchange of knowledge and expertise among professionals working in the HIV/TB field. General Session topics will include: (1) TB-HIV Co-infection: A Sum Greater than Its Parts; (2) Basic Science: From the Bench to the Bedside; (3) Social Determinants of TB Transmission; (3) Diagnosis and Treatment; and (4) Assessing the Roles, Results and Confounders of Newer Laboratory Methods. Related sessions will include a Stop TB North American Meeting (U.S. and Canada); the annual Stop TB USA Advocacy Session; the annual Nursing Assembly; a Latin American Liaison Meeting; plus plenty of networking opportunities and a "Clinical Conversations" session where there will be opportunities for clinicians and others to discuss challenging cases with colleagues.
Sponsor: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD).
Contact: For more information contact Kitty McAndrews, American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest; E-Mail: kmcandrews@lungil.org; Phone: (312) 781-1100; or access the BC Lung Association website at: www.bc.lung.ca/lungdiseases/tuberculosis_iuatld.html.

Title: Positive Living: An HIV Education and Prevention Conference
City: Fort Walton Beach
State: FL
Country: United States
Dates: 03/12/2010 - 03/14/2010
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Education and Prevention; HIV Positive Persons
Description: Positive Living is an HIV Education & Prevention Conference sponsored by Okaloosa AIDS Support & Informational Services. With presenters from all over the United States, Positive Living provides a relaxing, comfortable, and enjoyable HIV-relevant educational experience, which is both nationally and internationally recognized.
Sponsor: Okaloosa AIDS Support & Informational Services (OASIS).
Contact: For more information contact OASIS, Box 35, Ft Walton Beach, FL 32549; E-mail: AIDSoasis1@aol.com; Phone: (850) 314-0950; Fax: (850) 314-0952; or access the Web site:
www.aidsoasis.org/AIDSoasis/Events.html.
Notes: Registration fee: $50.00/Persons living with HIV/AIDS; $125.00/All others.

Title: Clinical Vaccinology Course
City: San Diego
State: CA
Country: United States
Dates: 03/12/2010 - 03/14/2010
Event Type: Education Program
Subject: Disease Prevention; Immunizations; Vaccines
Description: This course focuses on new developments and issues related to the use of vaccines. Expert faculty will provide the latest information on both current and prospective vaccines, through lectures and interactive case presentations. Leading infectious disease experts, pediatricians, and researchers will present newly available vaccines and vaccines in the pipeline, as well as older vaccines, whose continued administration is essential to improving disease prevention efforts. This course is specifically designed for physicians, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, vaccine program administrators, and other health professionals involved with or interested in the clinical use of vaccines. It will also be of interest to health care professionals involved in the prevention and control of infectious diseases, such as Federal, state, and local public health officials.
Sponsor: National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. The Emory Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, and the Emory Vaccine Center.
Contact: For more information, contact Sharon Cooper-Kerr or Lauren Ero at National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Vaccinology Course, 4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20814-5228. E-mail idcourse@nfid.org; phone (301) 656-0003, ext. 19; fax (301) 907-0878; or visit the Web site at www.nfid.org.
Notes: Early registration ends January 28, 2010. Continuing Education credits are available.

Title: Promoting Primary Care & Treatment Adherence for HIV Positive Individuals
City: Hempstead
State: NY
Country: United States
Dates: 03/16/2010 - 03/16/2010
Event Type: Training Program
Subject: Adherence; HIV Positive Persons; Medical Treatments and Therapies; Primary Care
Description: This one-day training is designed to increase awareness of non-physician health and human services providers about HIV primary care guidelines and treatment adherence. Non-physician health and human services providers who are aware of HIV primary care guidelines and strategies for supporting treatment adherence can play an important role in improving the health outcomes of people living with HIV.
Sponsor: New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute.
Contact: For more information, access the Web site at www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/aids/training/working_with_hiv_pos_clients.htm#pc.
Notes: It is strongly recommended that participants have previous knowledge or training on basic HIV/AIDS information.

Title: 2010 Statewide Hepatitis C Conference: Strategies for the New Decade
City: New York
State: NY
Country: United States
Dates: 03/16/2010 - 03/16/2010
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Adherence; Exposure; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis Prevention; Medical Treatments and Therapies; Coinfections
Description: The purpose of this conference is to provide the most up-to-date information on hepatitis C epidemiology, diagnosis, management, treatment, and prevention, which will assist health and human service providers to offer the most effective care to persons infected with HCV.
Sponsor: New York State Department of Health
Contact: For more information contact Colleen Flanigan, E-mail: caf03@health.state.ny.us; Phone: (518) 486-6806; Fax: (518) 474-2749; or access the Web site: www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/ hepatitis/hepatitis_c/conference/2010/docs/hep_c_2010_conference.pdf.
Notes: Fees: $100 registration fee. Scholarships are available for those with HCV infection. Continuing education credits will be available.

Title: TB Case Management and Contact Investigation for Nurses
City: Newark
State: NJ
Country: United States
Dates: 03/16/2010 - 03/17/2010
Event Type: Education Program
Subject: Adherence; Case Management/Administration; Communication Factors; Contact Tracing; Nurse Education; Tuberculosis (TB)
Description: This is an interactive workshop designed to enhance TB case management and contact interviewing skills of the nurses who attend. Topics include effective communication, treatment adherence, management of tuberculosis in the pediatric population, and cultural competency. The format includes lectures, role playing and interview of simulated patients, and small group exercises. Enrollment is limited to registered nurses who have TB case management as part of their job responsibilities.
Sponsor: University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute.
Contact: For more information, contact DJ McCabe, E-mail: mccabedj@umdnj.edu; Phone: (973) 972-0978; or access the Web site: www.umdnj.edu/globaltb/courses/brochures/tbcasemgmt2010.html.
Notes: Registration fee: $50. Continuing education credits are available.

Title: TB Case Management and Contact Investigation Intensive
City: San Francisco
State: CA
Country: United States
Dates: 03/16/2010 - 03/19/2010
Event Type: Education Program; Training Program
Subject: Adherence; Case Management/Administration; Contact Tracing; Guidelines; Persons with TB
Description: This course is intended for physicians, nurses, and other licensed medical care providers who manage patients with tuberculosis (TB) or who are at risk for TB. This course covers many aspects of TB case management and contact investigation, including updated contact investigation guidelines, managing the care of TB patients, promoting adherence to treatment, and more.
Sponsor: The Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center (CNTC).
Contact: For more information contact the CNTC, E-mail: tbcenter@nationaltbcenter.edu; Phone: (415) 502-4600; Fax: (415) 502-4620; or access the Web site: www.nationaltbcenter.edu/training/tbcmcimar10.cfm.
Notes: There is no fee for this course. Submit the application online at: www.nationaltbcenter.edu/training/tbcmcimar10_app.cfm. Application deadline: February 1, 2010. This course is approved for 19.5 continuing education hours.

Title: 8th European HIV Drug Resistance Workshop: From Basic Science to Clinical Decision Making
City: Sorrento
Country: Italy
Dates: 03/17/2010 - 03/19/2010
Event Type: Workshop
Subject: Drug Resistance; Epidemiology; Hepatitis C; HIV/AIDS; Persons with HIV/Hepatitis; Coinfections
Description: The meeting spans a two-and-a-half-day program, consisting of invited lectures, abstract-driven scientific presentations, clinical case presentations, and poster sessions. The workshop will address important topics such as mechanisms and clinical implications of drug resistance, the epidemiology of drug resistance, resistance to new drugs, resistance technology, and managing HIV-HCV co-infection.
Sponsor: Virology Education
Contact: For more information, contact Virology Education B.V.,
Biltstraat 106, 3572 BJ Utrecht, The Netherlands. Phone +31 (0)30 230 7140; fax +31 (0)30 230 7148; e-mail info@virology-education.com; or access the Web site at www.virology-education.com/index.cfm/t/ 8th_European_HIV_Drug_Resistance_Workshop/vid/F4BA1B1C-AA49-20C0-F4F9B25FDBC62BF8.
Notes: Abstract submission deadline: January 19, 2010. Early Registration Deadline: January 1, 2010.

Title: 26th Oral Health & HIV Symposium
City: Newton
State: MA
Country: United States
Dates: 03/19/2010 - 03/19/2010
Event Type: Symposium
Subject: Dental Care; HIV/AIDS; Infection Control; Persons with HIV/AIDS
Description: This six credit symposium is designed to update participants on new concerns and issues in AIDS, HIV infection, and the practice of dentistry with a focus on the medically complex patient. Updated infection control recommendations for 2010 and the periodontal disease systemic disease connection will be presented. Upon completion of the day's program, participants will be able to: discuss oral manifestations in people with HIV, diagnose and treat complex HIV patients, discuss the Periodontal Disease-Systemic Disease Connection, and discuss updated infection control recommendations.
Sponsor: Boston University. Boston Public Health Commission. New England AIDS Education and Training Center.
Contact: For more information contact the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine Division of Continuing Education, E-mail: busdmce@bu.edu; Phone: (617) 638-5656; Fax: (617) 638-5051; or access the Web site: http://dentalschool.bu.edu/ce/index.html.
Notes: Registration deadline: March 2, 2010. Registration fee: $85/dentists; $25/students; $45/allied dental health practitioners and others. Continuing education credits are available.

Title: 5th Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections 2010
City: Atlanta
State: GA
Country: United States
Dates: 03/18/2010 - 03/22/2010
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Disease Prevention; Disease Transmission; Drug Resistance; Health Care Programs/Services; Surveillance; Infectious Diseases
Description: Participants will be a part of the meeting that will set the agenda for healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention for the next decade. The conference will cover: (1) New international and domestic perspectives; (2) Updates on the scientific evidence in such areas as antimicrobial resistance, surveillance strategies, emerging infections, environmental transmission, new technologies; and (3) Translation of research and epidemiologic, organizational, and implementation principles into quality improvement practices.
Sponsor: The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC). Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
Contact: For more information contact Janis Flemming, E-mail: jflemming@shea-online.org; Phone: (703) 684-1008; or access the Web site: www.decennial2010.com/.
Notes: Early registration deadline: January 15, 2010. Registration fee varies according to the membership status and date registered.

Title: 2010 National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
City: Nationwide
Country: United States
Dates: 03/20/2010 - 03/20/2010
Event Type: Special Event
Subject: HIV/AIDS Prevention; Native Americans; Public Awareness Campaigns
Description: March 20th, 2010 marks the fourth annual National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD). HIV continues to increase among Native people as it has over the past decade. This day will challenge us to work together, in harmony, to create a greater awareness of the risk of HIV/AIDS to Native communities, to call for resources for testing and early detection and for increased treatment options, and to eventually decrease the occurrence of HIV/AIDS among Native people.
Sponsor: National Native American AIDS Prevention Center.
Contact: For more information contact Robert Foley, E-mail: rfoley@nnaapc.org; Phone: (720) 382-2244 X 303; or access the Web site: www.nnaapc.org/news/awareness-day.htm.

Title: HIV Vaccines
City: Banff, Alberta
Country: Canada
Dates: 03/21/2010 - 03/26/2010
Event Type: Meeting
Subject: HIV; Immune System; Vaccine Development Research; Vaccines
Description: The major development proposed for the 2010 Keystone HIV Vaccine Symposium is to foster innovative ideas and new collaborations with immunology and vaccinology as they pertain to other viral diseases. Specifically, it is proposed that a new Joint Symposium of HIV Vaccines in conjunction with Viral Immunity be convened. This Joint Symposium would retain the format, which includes joint and separate sessions covering general and specific principles.
Sponsor: Keystone Symposia.
Contact: For more information, contact Keystone Symposia. E-mail info@keystonesymposia.org; phone (800) 253-0685 or (970) 262-1230; fax: (970) 262-1525; or access the Web site at www.keystonesymposia.org/Meetings/viewMeetings.cfm? MeetingID=1051&subTab=program.
Notes: Early registration deadline: January 21, 2010. Online registration deadline: March 21, 2010.

Title: 4th Scientific Symposium on the Occasion of World Tuberculosis Day 2010
City: Berlin
Country: Germany
Dates: 03/22/2010 - 03/23/2010
Event Type: Symposium
Subject: Africa; Diagnostic Tests; Epidemiology; Europe; HIV; MDR TB; Research; TB Prevention; Coinfections
Description: The major theme of this symposium is "On the move against tuberculosis: Exchange of expertise in fighting multidrug resistance and HIV-TB coinfection". The purpose of this event is to bring together experts in TB control from two high burden WHO regions -- Africa and Europe; presentation and discussion of specific problems in TB spread in the two WHO regions; and exchange of expertise and experiences in control of HIV-TB coinfection and of multidrug resistance.
Sponsor: Koch-Metchnikov-Forum.
Contact: For more information contact Sven Stabroth, Secretariat, Koch-Metchnikov-Forum, Langenbeck-Virchow-House, Luisenstr. 59, 10117 Berlin, Germany; E-mail: stabroth@kmforum.eu; Tel: 30-2345-7722.
Notes: Participation is free. Register at the secretariat.

Title: 16th International Symposium on HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases (ISHEID)
City: Marseille
Country: France
Dates: 03/24/2010 - 03/26/2010
Event Type: Symposium
Subject: Hepatitis; HIV/AIDS; Infectious Diseases
Description: The 16th ISHEID congress is an opportunity for participants to network and to increase and update their knowledge about the HIV and hepatitis viruses. The 16th ISHEID congress is the major international conference specifically designed by scientists to give specialists an opportunity to: (1) receive high quality scientific information, (2) meet in a friendly atmosphere, and (3) give participants practical information for everyday use.
Sponsor: ISHEID Organization.
Contact: For more information contact: ISHEID 2010 Congress Organizing Office, c/o Colloquium Paris, 12 rue de la Croix-Faubin, 75557 Paris cedex 11, France; E-mail: isheid@clq-group.com; Phone: +33 1 44 64 15 15; Fax: +33 1 44 64 15 16; or access the Web site: www.isheid.com/site/-10ISHEID,671-?lang=eng.
Notes: Regular registration fee due: March 14, 2010.

Title: 2010 HIV Diagnostics Conference
City: Orlando
State: FL
Country: United States
Dates: 03/24/2010 - 03/26/2010
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Diagnostic Tests; HIV Testing; Laboratory Services; Surveillance
Description: The third CDC-APHL HIV Diagnostics Conference will take place March 24 through 26, 2010 in Orlando, Florida. The purpose of the conference is to review developments and techniques for the diagnosis, monitoring, clinical management, and surveillance of HIV infection. Attendees will include laboratorians, program managers, clinicians and industry representatives that develop, provide, perform, or evaluate HIV testing services. The two and a half day program will feature poster sessions, exhibits, presentations drawn from submitted abstracts, and invited oral presentations. The conference will address HIV testing issues in the laboratory and at the point-of-care. Building on the developments from the 2007 HIV Diagnostics Conference, the 2010 meeting will serve as a forum for the evaluation of the newly proposed HIV testing algorithms.
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Association of Public Health Labs (APHL)
Contact: For more information, contact Terry Reamer, Meetings Manager. E-mail terry.reamer@aphl.org; phone (240) 485-2776; or access the Web site at www.hivtestingconference.org/.
Notes: Late-breaking abstract submissions reporting findings not available before the November 1st deadline will be accepted from December 15, 2009 to January 15, 2010.
Registration opens October 19, 2009. Registration Fee: $350/Regular; $100/students. A limited number of travel scholarships are available.

Title: The 13th Annual Summit on HIV and Adolescents
City: Mashantucker
State: CT
Country: United States
Dates: 03/26/2010 - 03/26/2010
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Adolescents; HIV/AIDS Prevention; STD Prevention; Young Adults
Description: This is a day long conference for physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, adult HIV providers, HIV test counselors, health educators, and outreach workers working with or expanding services to teens and young adults. The conference will provide collaborative approaches to HIV/STD prevention, case-finding and care for adolescents and young adults.
Sponsor: New England AIDS Education and Training Center (NEAETC). Boston Happens. Brown Alpert Medical School. New England HIV Education Consortium.
Contact: For more information contact Kelly Fattman, E-mail: kelly@fattmanproductions.com; Phone: (617) 935-9856; or access the Web site: http://neaetc.org/events/detail.cfm?eventID=1667.
Notes: Registration is available at: www.neaetc.org. Registration fee: $60.

Title: 25th Annual New Treatments in Chronic Liver Disease
City: San Diego
State: CA
Country: United States
Dates: 03/27/2010 - 03/28/2010
Event Type: Conference
Subject: Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Medical Treatments and Therapies
Description: New Treatments in Chronic Liver Disease is a comprehensive yet concise program for updating physicians on these and other commonly encountered problems in the treatment of liver diseases. This conference will review those new medications and therapies that are available, or will soon be available, and discuss their comparative values. The results of trials using new drugs to treat chronic viral hepatitis B and C, non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases, hepatocellular carcinoma, and complications of end-stage liver disease will be reviewed in detail.
Sponsor: Scripps Health.
Contact: For more information contact Scripps Conference Services & CME, E-mail: med.edu@scrippshealth.org; Phone: (858) 652-5400; or access the Web site: www.scripps.org/events/new-treatments-in-chronic-liver-disease.
Notes: Early registration deadline: February 28, 2010.

Title: Spring 2010 New & Innovative Approaches for HIV/AIDS
City: Greenbelt
State: MD
Country: United States
Dates: 03/29/2010 - 03/29/2010
Event Type: Seminar
Subject: HIV/AIDS; International Health
Description: The McGuire Group's mission is to help provide a solution for specific global health issue topics by hosting educational conferences for medical professionals, educators and decision makers who can make a difference for the cause. The company brings people together to share their expertise, information & life experiences, while networking with their colleagues and friends.
Sponsor: McGuire Group.
Contact: For more information contact Dorothea Howard, McGuire Group, Whitehall Professional Bldg, 6915 Laurel-Bowie Road, Suite 205 G, Bowie, Maryland 20715; or access the Web site: www.mcguireglobalrecruitment.com/careerFairs.php?fid=33&view=main .
Notes: Deadline for abstracts/proposals: January 31, 2010. Registration fee: $60.00/Early (thru December 31, 2009); $85.00/Regular (thru February 28, 2010).

Title: Contact Investigation
City: Salina
State: KS
Country: United States
Dates: 03/29/2010 - 03/31/2010
Event Type: Training Program
Subject: Contact Tracing; TB Prevention
Description: The goal of this course is to provide an in depth training experience covering knowledge and skills essential for conducting successful and complete tuberculosis contact investigation to prevent further spread of disease. The workshop is formatted to go beyond basic TB information and to enhance the participant's ability to be accountable for all facets of TB contact investigations.
Sponsor: Heartland National TB Center.
Contact: For more information contact Jessica Quintero, E-mail: jessica.quintero@uthct.edu; phone (210) 531-4568; or visit the Web site at www.heartlandntbc.org/training.asp.
Notes: Free of charge, but pre-registration is mandatory, space is limited. To register go to: http://kuahec.kumc.edu/conferences.html. Registration deadline: March 19, 2010. Continuing education credits are available.

Title: Promoting Primary Care & Treatment Adherence for HIV Positive Individuals
City: Manhattan
State: NY
Country: United States
Dates: 03/31/2010 - 03/31/2010
Event Type: Training Program
Subject: Adherence; HIV Positive Persons; Medical Treatments and Therapies; Primary Care
Description: This one-day training is designed to increase awareness of non-physician health and human services providers about HIV primary care guidelines and treatment adherence. Non-physician health and human services providers who are aware of HIV primary care guidelines and strategies for supporting treatment adherence can play an important role in improving the health outcomes of people living with HIV.
Sponsor: New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute.
Contact: For more information, access the Web site at www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/aids/training/working_with_hiv_pos_clients.htm#pc.
Notes: It is strongly recommended that participants have previous knowledge or training on basic HIV/AIDS information.

Title: TB Nurse Case Management
City: Salina
State: KS
Country: United States
Dates: 03/31/2010 - 04/01/2010
Event Type: Training Program
Subject: Case Management/Administration; HIV; Infection Control; Latent Tuberculosis; Nurse Roles; Patient Care; Persons with TB; TB Treatment
Description: This course is intended for TB program managers, TB nurse case managers and local health department nurses responsible for the management of patients with, or suspected of, tuberculosis. The goal of the conference is to provide an in-depth training experience covering the knowledge and skills essential for overseeing the treatment and care of a patient with TB disease or latent TB infection. The workshop is formatted to go beyond basic TB information and to enhance the participant's ability to be accountable for all facets of TB nurse case management.
Sponsor: Heartland National TB Center.
Contact: For more information, contact Jessica Quintero, Heartland National TB center. E-mail jessica.quintero@uthct.edu; phone (210) 531-4568; or visit the Web site at www.heartlandntbc.org/training/brochure_salina_ks_31_mar_2010c.pdf.
Notes: This training program is free of charge, but pre-registration is mandatory, and space is limited. The registration deadline is March 19, 2010. Continuing education credits are available.

Many of these conferences come from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control National Prevention Information Network's conference database.