Day 1 - Thursday, 19 November 2020
Workshop on Healthy Living with HIV 2020
Related Enduring Materials
Day 2 - Friday, 20 November 2020
Welcome
"To help the community of future clinical leaders, who embrace an updated and relevant paradigm for the optimal care of HIV infected individuals. Focused not only on viral suppression but also on guaranteeing them optimal health throughout their lifetime. Striving to develop a clinical setting where treatment decisions consider all their implications for long term health."
Over the last two decades, HIV has transformed from a fatal disease into a chronic condition where the great majority of individuals living with HIV can look forward to a full and active life. This is due to an increased understanding of the disease and its management, but, above all, to the unprecedented improvement in antiretroviral drugs.
Not surprisingly, the current management of individuals living with HIV continues to be overwhelmingly influenced by the fear of AIDS, suffering, and death, with treatment success measured by the long-term avoidance of these conditions. However, in the context of the armamentarium now available to clinicians and individuals living with HIV, much higher goals are attainable. Clinicians should now be focused not only on avoiding AIDS but also on guaranteeing individuals living with HIV a full long life with minimum adverse events or co-morbidities. Planning should not be limited to care over the next 5 – 10 years but for many decades to come, with the expectation of a healthy and productive older age. This requires clinicians to adapt a proactive approach to preventing long-term morbidities and incorporate this into their decision-making process when making treatment choices.
We look forward to welcoming you to the next edition of our program and joining our efforts to build a community of HIV treating expert clinicians focusing on promoting a full and healthy life for all patients!
Program Chairs 2020
General Information
We are available to answer any questions or concerns that you may have about your participation at the European Workshop on Healthy Living with HIV 2020. For more information, please contact Ms. Christina Dammers at christina@amededu.com.
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- Educate HIV clinicians on new treatment options and their long-term implications;
- Increase the HIV clinician’s level of understanding of options for the prevention of comorbidities and adverse events;
- Help shift the clinician’s focus to the management of long-term health;
- Encourage a proactive and protective treatment attitude;
- Broaden the scope of HIV clinicians and enrich their knowledge of and collaboration with other medical disciplines.
• Enhance communication and collaboration between both junior- and senior-level international researchers (from academia, government, and industry) and clinicians to promote the exchange of ideas, results, and technologies leading to successful translation into improving the long term health for HIV-positive individuals;
• Disseminate the knowledge and data exchanged by conference participants beyond the audience of the live event, thus maximizing the impact on the HIV research community.
Practical Information
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The members of Scientific Committee are hand-picked by the Program Chairs based on their significant contributions and commitment to the field. They assist the Program Chairs by providing them with suggestions for speakers and topics. In addition, members of the Scientific Committee participate in reviewing submitted abstracts, and play an active role during the workshop as moderators and/or chairs of sessions.
Gilead Sciences Europe Ltd. has provided funding for this independent Medical Education program. Gilead has had no input into selection of speakers or the content of the materials and presentations.