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The Caucus for Evidence-Based Prevention—comprising more than 44 nongovernmental organizations meeting throughout the conference—is eager to learn from new prevention research, incorporating a breadth of biomedical, behavioral, and social interventions. The caucus was created for the specific purpose of promoting HIV prevention supported by sound science at the International AIDS Conference. The caucus will monitor the use of evidence in HIV prevention programs and policies, report on HIV prevention-related conference proceedings to a wide audience, and alert the community when ideology, prejudice, or opinion interfere with evidence-based approaches to reducing the further spread of HIV and AIDS. Because ideology and politics have become part of the prevention landscape, the caucus will be outspoken in defense of prevention strategies based on evidence. Never before in the 25-year history of the HIV epidemic has there been a greater need to promote scientific evidence as a critical element of HIV prevention worldwide. Offsite Link |
