9th Netherlands Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Epidemiology, Prevention and Treatment

Organised by: 
Stichting NCHIV
When: 
18 november 2015
Begin Date: 
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Place: 
Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen, Amsterdam

Aim of NCHIV

The Netherlands Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Epidemiology, Prevention and Treatment, NCHIV, is a scientifically-focussed meeting. The aim of the conference is to review and share knowledge on the current status and new developments in the understanding of HIV pathogenesis, vaccine research and treatment. In addition, the conference aims to be a discussion platform for changes in the HIV epidemic in the Netherlands and to provide input for HIV public health and health care policy issues from a research perspective.

Who is it for?

NCHIV is intended for a wide audience, including biomedical scientists in HIV/AIDS, HIV treating physicians, pharmacologists, infectious disease epidemiologists, (medical) microbiologists and HIV nurses.

Organising Committee

The following organisations participate in the organisation of the NCHIV:

  • Stichting HIV Monitoring (SHM, the Dutch HIV monitoring foundation)
  • Centre of Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Centrum Infectieziektebestrijding (CIb) Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM))
  • Aids Fonds (The Dutch AIDS Fund)
  • Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD)
  • Academic Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam (AMC-UvA), Department of Global Health
  • Nederlandse Vereniging van HIV Behandelaren (NVHB, Dutch Association of HIV-treating Physicians)

The Organising Committee members include

  • Prof Peter Reiss, Stichting HIV Monitoring; AIGHD; AMC-UvA, Department of Global Health
  • Dr Catherine Hankins, AIGHD
  • Dr Suzanne Geerlings, AMC-UvA; NVHB
  • Drs Ton Coenen, Aids Fonds
  • Dr Birgit van Benthem, RIVM

NCHIV Conference Organisers

Catriona Ester, Stichting HIV Monitoring
Melanie Sormani, Stichting HIV Monitoring

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