GCM Calendar Events and activities 2006 M2006 UNGASS Toronto

Events and Activities Overview of Calendar in package Website – regular update

M2006 Biannual International Microbicides conference 23rd to 26th April 2006 Cape Town, South Africa 2000 – Washington 2002 – Antwerp 2004 – London (800 Delegates)

M2006 – Provides: Updates on recent Microbicides Research A forum discussion of new developments in Microbicides research Knowledge sharing between Microbicides researchers, public health workers, advocates, communities and civil society organisations

New Track Track D – Advocacy and Community –Beyond Involvement: Civil society’s role in making ethical progress forward toward a microbicide –Pathways to access to a successful microbicide: advocacy, policy and mobilization –Models of Mechanism for engaging community in research implementation –Resource mobilization –HIV positive women and microbicides: moving research forward

UNGASS 31st May – 2 nd June in New York Short political declaration reaffirming commitment to the DoC

XVI International AIDS Conference Toronto, Canada – 13 – 16 August 2006 GNP+ and ICW are co-organisers of this conference MTV (vaccine-microbicides- treatment) community booth GCM abstracts