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            MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE

            
                
                    		I hope you are reading this at the Durban AIDS Conference! The meeting is a major event on the
                    conference circuit, and is jam-packed with exciting events, talks and seminars, as well as debates about
                    everything from behaviour change to the responsibilities of donors. I'll be particularly interested in the sessions
                    on the revamping of primary care in South Africa and on nurse-initiated ART (NiMART). We’ve made big gains in
                    treatment, but we need to get more people into care and earlier, and for that to happen, we need all our primary
                    care sites to be firing effectively.
                    		

                    
                        		For the unfortunates who can’t be here, there’s plenty more happening. The Annual Workshop in Advanced
                        Clinical Care (AWAAC) will take place in Durban later this year (6 and 7 October 2011), co-ordinated by the Harvard academics, with
                        local clinical experts Yunus Moosa and Henry Sunpath leading from the SA side. It’s a hard-core conference for doctor and
                        nurse clinicians, and theSociety has managed to source some bursaries, so watch your e-mail and Transcripts for details.
                        		

                        

                        FRANCOIS VENTER

                        

                        President