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Toronto prepares for largest AIDS gathering

    JOHANNESBURG

    Preparations are underway for the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada, at which the organisers expect some 20,000 delegates.

    The weeklong gathering, from 13 to 18 August, will focus on the need for increased accountability on the part of stakeholders in terms of HIV prevention, care and treatment.

    Conference co-chair Helene Gayle said the challenge was to garner the resources and the collective will to translate existing knowledge and experience into broadly available HIV prevention and treatment programmes.

    "The 'AIDS 2006' theme recognises the need to accelerate scientific research, while also dramatically expanding access to the knowledge and tools currently available, to prevent new infections and prolong life among people living with HIV/AIDS," Agence France-Presse quoted Gayle as saying.

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