1 00:00:05,330 --> 00:00:08,040 good afternoon everyone and welcome to 2 00:00:08,040 --> 00:00:10,080 the official opening press conference of 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:12,049 the 20th international aids conference 4 00:00:12,049 --> 00:00:14,670 my name is chris speier and i'm the 5 00:00:14,670 --> 00:00:16,470 president-elect of the International 6 00:00:16,470 --> 00:00:19,980 AIDS Society as we all know it has been 7 00:00:19,980 --> 00:00:24,210 a long and very emotional 48 hours but I 8 00:00:24,210 --> 00:00:26,189 think that I can speak for all of my 9 00:00:26,189 --> 00:00:28,710 colleagues here when I say that we are 10 00:00:28,710 --> 00:00:31,439 ready and determined to make this 11 00:00:31,439 --> 00:00:33,690 conference the huge success it deserves 12 00:00:33,690 --> 00:00:37,710 to be we have an outstanding program one 13 00:00:37,710 --> 00:00:39,120 that we are confident will produce 14 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:42,840 global headlines in the days to come but 15 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:44,610 of course before we begin the hard work 16 00:00:44,610 --> 00:00:47,850 that will begin this evening at the 17 00:00:47,850 --> 00:00:50,160 opening session we want to pay tribute 18 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:52,770 at that opening session at seven p.m. 19 00:00:52,770 --> 00:00:55,020 this evening to the colleagues and 20 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:57,809 friends that we have all lost on MH 21 00:00:57,809 --> 00:01:01,530 flight 17 I understand you were briefed 22 00:01:01,530 --> 00:01:03,390 this morning on the remembrance details 23 00:01:03,390 --> 00:01:04,830 but for those of you who were not 24 00:01:04,830 --> 00:01:08,189 present here they are briefly there will 25 00:01:08,189 --> 00:01:10,799 be a one-minute global moment of 26 00:01:10,799 --> 00:01:12,420 remembrance which will be held in their 27 00:01:12,420 --> 00:01:15,930 honor with 11 former present and future 28 00:01:15,930 --> 00:01:17,670 presidents of the International AIDS 29 00:01:17,670 --> 00:01:20,220 Society on stage together with 30 00:01:20,220 --> 00:01:21,420 representatives from the World Health 31 00:01:21,420 --> 00:01:24,659 Organization from AIDS Fund from stop 32 00:01:24,659 --> 00:01:27,600 aids now female health company and the 33 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,220 Amsterdam institute for global health 34 00:01:29,220 --> 00:01:31,470 and development and members of the Dutch 35 00:01:31,470 --> 00:01:34,860 HIV research community a letter of 36 00:01:34,860 --> 00:01:37,020 condolence and support will also be read 37 00:01:37,020 --> 00:01:39,119 out by mr. Lambert greens the Dutch 38 00:01:39,119 --> 00:01:40,829 ambassador for sexual and reproductive 39 00:01:40,829 --> 00:01:44,030 health and rights and hiv/aids 40 00:01:44,030 --> 00:01:46,770 condolence books are also circulating on 41 00:01:46,770 --> 00:01:48,990 site the conference for the duration of 42 00:01:48,990 --> 00:01:50,110 the event 43 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:54,190 on Tuesday july twenty second at 1600 44 00:01:54,190 --> 00:01:56,800 aest there will be a candlelight vigil 45 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,070 held at federation square in the center 46 00:02:00,070 --> 00:02:04,240 of melbourne we will now hear from six 47 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,610 speakers who will briefly outline what 48 00:02:06,610 --> 00:02:08,500 they will say a tonight's session and 49 00:02:08,500 --> 00:02:10,540 then we will have some opportunity for 50 00:02:10,540 --> 00:02:12,670 questions we would like you to identify 51 00:02:12,670 --> 00:02:14,950 yourself if you have a question and your 52 00:02:14,950 --> 00:02:16,930 media outlet and please do keep your 53 00:02:16,930 --> 00:02:20,140 questions as brief as you can it is now 54 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:21,940 my distinct honor and pleasure to 55 00:02:21,940 --> 00:02:25,630 introduce Francois very soon you see the 56 00:02:25,630 --> 00:02:27,850 director of the regulation of retro 57 00:02:27,850 --> 00:02:29,860 viral infections unit at constitute 58 00:02:29,860 --> 00:02:32,350 pastor in Paris and the current 59 00:02:32,350 --> 00:02:33,970 president of the International AIDS 60 00:02:33,970 --> 00:02:36,459 Society and the international conference 61 00:02:36,459 --> 00:02:40,540 chair for AIDS 2014 françoise's thank 62 00:02:40,540 --> 00:02:44,170 you thank you very much Chris just a few 63 00:02:44,170 --> 00:02:48,270 words about the topic itself is 64 00:02:48,270 --> 00:02:52,709 conference in Melbourne since we met in 65 00:02:52,709 --> 00:02:57,959 2012 in Washington DC really it has been 66 00:02:57,959 --> 00:03:01,959 progresses in in science both in the 67 00:03:01,959 --> 00:03:04,630 field of HIV vaccine and in the field of 68 00:03:04,630 --> 00:03:09,420 Q it has been also some disappointment 69 00:03:09,420 --> 00:03:12,900 including recently the last data with a 70 00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:15,910 Mississippi baby but we are there really 71 00:03:15,910 --> 00:03:23,769 to make as usual the last update on the 72 00:03:23,769 --> 00:03:28,870 progress in science and also to exchange 73 00:03:28,870 --> 00:03:34,480 about the priority for the future I like 74 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,820 to say that Melbourne will be suddenly a 75 00:03:36,820 --> 00:03:40,090 place where we will speak about the 76 00:03:40,090 --> 00:03:43,470 revolution in the field of treatment of 77 00:03:43,470 --> 00:03:46,870 hcv has through them without have a cure 78 00:03:46,870 --> 00:03:51,100 for HIV but we are now a cure for HCV 79 00:03:51,100 --> 00:03:53,320 and this it will be a very important 80 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,400 point that at the conference we will 81 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,240 certainly also mention implementing 82 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,820 chan implementation to continue to have 83 00:04:02,820 --> 00:04:06,300 access to to make progress in access to 84 00:04:06,300 --> 00:04:11,280 treatment or and we also will make 85 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,860 pressure on government called concerning 86 00:04:13,860 --> 00:04:18,230 new repressive legislation that they are 87 00:04:18,230 --> 00:04:21,360 implementing in different country in the 88 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,210 world and that is really not acceptable 89 00:04:24,210 --> 00:04:27,570 gc's our responsibility to make pressure 90 00:04:27,570 --> 00:04:34,890 on our own those government next I'd 91 00:04:34,890 --> 00:04:36,960 like to introduce Michel Sidibe the 92 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,240 executive director of un aids the joint 93 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,820 United Nations aids program and under 94 00:04:41,820 --> 00:04:43,380 secretary-general of the United Nations 95 00:04:43,380 --> 00:04:46,020 as ahead of you and aids michelle has 96 00:04:46,020 --> 00:04:47,880 led the organization's contribution to 97 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,100 regional and country responses as well 98 00:04:50,100 --> 00:04:51,930 as its efforts in global policies 99 00:04:51,930 --> 00:04:54,260 evidence and monitoring and evaluation 100 00:04:54,260 --> 00:04:57,930 Michelle thank you very much I'd random 101 00:04:57,930 --> 00:05:00,290 my collegues in expressing our 102 00:05:00,290 --> 00:05:04,980 condolences I think I'm fully agreeing 103 00:05:04,980 --> 00:05:10,440 with my colleague and Friends of France 104 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:14,910 was when she is saying that since the 105 00:05:14,910 --> 00:05:17,310 last conference in Washington there have 106 00:05:17,310 --> 00:05:20,940 been extraordinary progress we estimated 107 00:05:20,940 --> 00:05:27,390 data by July 14 million people had 108 00:05:27,390 --> 00:05:31,800 access to treatment more has been done 109 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,320 and that is very important more has been 110 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,890 done in the last three years than in the 111 00:05:37,890 --> 00:05:42,180 last 25 years I repeat we quickened the 112 00:05:42,180 --> 00:05:44,640 pace we changed completely the 113 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,700 trajectory of implementation during the 114 00:05:47,700 --> 00:05:50,160 last three years we have been able to 115 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:54,810 put 5.6 million more people on treatment 116 00:05:54,810 --> 00:05:58,410 who could have imagined that one but we 117 00:05:58,410 --> 00:06:02,240 are seeing also a new challenges and 118 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:06,050 that is very important new generation of 119 00:06:06,050 --> 00:06:10,260 challenges half of the people living 120 00:06:10,260 --> 00:06:11,880 with even more 121 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:16,650 living with HIV don't know their status 122 00:06:16,650 --> 00:06:20,430 and that is very important for the first 123 00:06:20,430 --> 00:06:24,690 time we have a proper data 19 million 124 00:06:24,690 --> 00:06:29,310 people out of 35 million people don't 125 00:06:29,310 --> 00:06:34,830 know there are statutes HIV status half 126 00:06:34,830 --> 00:06:39,120 because of stigma discrimination because 127 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,060 of exclusion because of criminal laws 128 00:06:42,060 --> 00:06:44,730 because the people are adding themselves 129 00:06:44,730 --> 00:06:47,870 and people are scared to use services 130 00:06:47,870 --> 00:06:53,280 sex worker for example or 13 times more 131 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:58,130 likely to be living with HIV and many 132 00:06:58,130 --> 00:07:03,570 fear carrying even condoms because there 133 00:07:03,570 --> 00:07:08,600 could be arrested we know for example in 134 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:13,020 Africa young women account for one in 135 00:07:13,020 --> 00:07:22,470 four new HIV infection 25% prisoner can 136 00:07:22,470 --> 00:07:25,860 be up to 50 times more likely to become 137 00:07:25,860 --> 00:07:32,700 infected with HIV if the people living 138 00:07:32,700 --> 00:07:36,630 with HIV don't find out their status 139 00:07:36,630 --> 00:07:41,070 they will die and that's why we are 140 00:07:41,070 --> 00:07:47,250 wrong pushing to make sure that will put 141 00:07:47,250 --> 00:07:51,530 resources where new infection occur and 142 00:07:51,530 --> 00:07:56,280 where people are dying and we know today 143 00:07:56,280 --> 00:08:01,070 that the 15 in 15 countries we have a 144 00:08:01,070 --> 00:08:06,320 75-percent of a new infection occurring 145 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:11,520 75% of death is happening in only 15 146 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,940 countries so the objective for us 147 00:08:15,940 --> 00:08:20,680 is to make sure that we have a return on 148 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:24,930 investment for using our resources where 149 00:08:24,930 --> 00:08:28,480 epidemic is happening and to do that one 150 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:33,090 will call of course the world for new 151 00:08:33,090 --> 00:08:37,180 target a bald ambitious target to make 152 00:08:37,180 --> 00:08:40,360 sure that we can have ninety percent of 153 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:45,400 a people tested by 2020 ninety percent 154 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,970 of those people on treatment and ninety 155 00:08:48,970 --> 00:08:53,320 percent with undetectable viral load and 156 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:57,130 we believe by doing that and achieving 157 00:08:57,130 --> 00:09:02,380 that by 2020 we can be able to really 158 00:09:02,380 --> 00:09:06,310 control the epidemic by 2030 and we 159 00:09:06,310 --> 00:09:08,770 think when we talk about controlling the 160 00:09:08,770 --> 00:09:11,920 epidemic ending AIDS it means that it 161 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,530 will not be any more a public health 162 00:09:14,530 --> 00:09:19,680 trait for any of us any countries or 163 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:22,660 individual or village and thank you very 164 00:09:22,660 --> 00:09:28,650 much our next speaker is IU akhtar eonni 165 00:09:28,650 --> 00:09:31,690 from Indonesia who is a youth 166 00:09:31,690 --> 00:09:33,850 representative and speaking from the 167 00:09:33,850 --> 00:09:39,070 youth leave are you thank you hello 168 00:09:39,070 --> 00:09:42,190 everyone on behalf of the community I'm 169 00:09:42,190 --> 00:09:46,150 very proud to be here to join is big 170 00:09:46,150 --> 00:09:50,470 conference it's Melbourne 2014 not so 171 00:09:50,470 --> 00:09:52,750 many people especially people living 172 00:09:52,750 --> 00:09:57,700 with HIV can join such even so I just 173 00:09:57,700 --> 00:10:00,880 want to make sure that all activists of 174 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,070 people living with HIV all people who 175 00:10:03,070 --> 00:10:05,710 engage in this part of the conference 176 00:10:05,710 --> 00:10:08,650 bring back something to their country to 177 00:10:08,650 --> 00:10:13,480 their city do something don't just speak 178 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,649 so loud or just act like 179 00:10:17,649 --> 00:10:21,430 it's a big conference I will speak on 180 00:10:21,430 --> 00:10:24,209 behalf of the community in the opening 181 00:10:24,209 --> 00:10:28,749 with other 20 people living with HIV 182 00:10:28,749 --> 00:10:31,240 from Asia and Pacific we're gonna using 183 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,720 our beautiful traditional dress from 184 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:38,100 many countries you can see at the stage 185 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:43,929 at the opening and I will just send my 186 00:10:43,929 --> 00:10:47,379 resume and so i will share about what's 187 00:10:47,379 --> 00:10:50,829 the challenge for me as a women or 188 00:10:50,829 --> 00:10:54,279 living with HIV for facing life with HIV 189 00:10:54,279 --> 00:10:57,850 and how we can together hand in hand 190 00:10:57,850 --> 00:11:00,399 work for better world for people living 191 00:11:00,399 --> 00:11:05,949 with HIV and we really hope that people 192 00:11:05,949 --> 00:11:09,189 living with HIV she'll trip with respect 193 00:11:09,189 --> 00:11:11,949 and dignity as humanly thank you very 194 00:11:11,949 --> 00:11:17,769 much our next speaker is Brent Allen who 195 00:11:17,769 --> 00:11:19,540 is the executive officer of living 196 00:11:19,540 --> 00:11:21,999 positive Victoria and the current local 197 00:11:21,999 --> 00:11:24,309 co-chair for the community program for 198 00:11:24,309 --> 00:11:27,670 AIDS 2014 brent is lived with HIV for 199 00:11:27,670 --> 00:11:30,309 over 15 years and has more than 25 years 200 00:11:30,309 --> 00:11:32,620 experience working in social justice and 201 00:11:32,620 --> 00:11:35,170 human rights public health policy health 202 00:11:35,170 --> 00:11:37,300 promotion and education and community 203 00:11:37,300 --> 00:11:38,769 development both in Australia and 204 00:11:38,769 --> 00:11:42,249 overseas Brent my pleasure to welcome 205 00:11:42,249 --> 00:11:44,439 you to Melbourne and to acknowledge the 206 00:11:44,439 --> 00:11:45,910 traditional owners of the land we 207 00:11:45,910 --> 00:11:48,160 meeting on the Kulin nation pay my 208 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,350 respects to their elders both past and 209 00:11:50,350 --> 00:11:52,749 present and respect their enduring 210 00:11:52,749 --> 00:11:55,120 custodial ship of the land we're about 211 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,720 to celebrate on I also would like to 212 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:00,970 acknowledge people living with HIV as 213 00:12:00,970 --> 00:12:04,269 central and vital to the control of the 214 00:12:04,269 --> 00:12:06,279 epidemic both locally and around the 215 00:12:06,279 --> 00:12:09,879 world I would like to encourage everyone 216 00:12:09,879 --> 00:12:12,819 including yourselves to promote what I 217 00:12:12,819 --> 00:12:15,610 believe to be an outstanding document 218 00:12:15,610 --> 00:12:18,879 the Melbourne declaration which calls to 219 00:12:18,879 --> 00:12:21,089 an end to stigma and discrimination 220 00:12:21,089 --> 00:12:23,649 whether it be on the basis of your HIV 221 00:12:23,649 --> 00:12:27,370 status your sexuality your gender or 222 00:12:27,370 --> 00:12:29,180 your age 223 00:12:29,180 --> 00:12:32,730 for all my friends who are my family 224 00:12:32,730 --> 00:12:36,330 from around the world who are injection 225 00:12:36,330 --> 00:12:39,720 drug users sex workers people living 226 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,170 with HIV gay men from transgendered 227 00:12:43,170 --> 00:12:46,280 communities i welcome you to Melbourne I 228 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,730 encourage you to learn to listen and to 229 00:12:49,730 --> 00:12:52,440 reflect upon what we are about to embark 230 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:58,800 upon welcome it's now my pleasure to 231 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,740 introduce professor Sharon Lewin Sharon 232 00:13:01,740 --> 00:13:03,390 is an Australian infectious disease 233 00:13:03,390 --> 00:13:05,280 physician and scientist she's the 234 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,560 director of the infectious diseases unit 235 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:09,810 at the Alfred Hospital professor of 236 00:13:09,810 --> 00:13:11,940 medicine at Monash and co-head of the 237 00:13:11,940 --> 00:13:13,680 center for biomedical research at 238 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:16,530 Melbourne burnet institute professor 239 00:13:16,530 --> 00:13:18,330 Lewin is a former president of the 240 00:13:18,330 --> 00:13:20,700 Australian society for HIV medicine the 241 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:22,410 peak Australian organisation 242 00:13:22,410 --> 00:13:23,730 representing the medical and health 243 00:13:23,730 --> 00:13:25,830 sector and HIV viral hepatitis and 244 00:13:25,830 --> 00:13:28,200 related areas and if that doesn't sound 245 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,810 like enough for one person to do she has 246 00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:32,850 also served wonderfully as the local 247 00:13:32,850 --> 00:13:36,000 co-chair for its 2014 Sharon thank you i 248 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,160 would like to start by paying my 249 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,590 respects and condolences to the friends 250 00:13:40,590 --> 00:13:43,470 and families of all who died on MH 17 251 00:13:43,470 --> 00:13:46,080 and of course including our close 252 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:47,790 colleagues who are on their way to 253 00:13:47,790 --> 00:13:50,430 attend this conference this will be the 254 00:13:50,430 --> 00:13:52,410 first time this conference has come to 255 00:13:52,410 --> 00:13:54,620 Australia and as an Australian I'm 256 00:13:54,620 --> 00:13:57,270 incredibly proud of the response we've 257 00:13:57,270 --> 00:14:00,500 had to HIV now over many years it's been 258 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:03,960 characterized by a bipartisan government 259 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,410 approach and support constant community 260 00:14:07,410 --> 00:14:09,330 partnership with all key affected 261 00:14:09,330 --> 00:14:11,610 populations and investment in science 262 00:14:11,610 --> 00:14:13,610 and research from the beginning as a 263 00:14:13,610 --> 00:14:15,930 result of those three strategies 264 00:14:15,930 --> 00:14:17,850 Australia does have one of the lowest 265 00:14:17,850 --> 00:14:21,810 rates of HIV in the world however we are 266 00:14:21,810 --> 00:14:23,970 in a region which is nowhere near as 267 00:14:23,970 --> 00:14:26,670 lucky as we are and i will make a call 268 00:14:26,670 --> 00:14:29,430 that we certainly need to do more there 269 00:14:29,430 --> 00:14:30,600 are four point eight million people 270 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,610 living with HIV in the asia-pacific 271 00:14:32,610 --> 00:14:35,610 region many of those countries have had 272 00:14:35,610 --> 00:14:36,930 great successes 273 00:14:36,930 --> 00:14:38,720 many of them are facing considerable 274 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,520 challenges with in fact increasing rates 275 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:43,470 of infections in countries such as 276 00:14:43,470 --> 00:14:47,430 Indonesia India Indonesia Pakistan and 277 00:14:47,430 --> 00:14:49,950 the Philippines in addition in this part 278 00:14:49,950 --> 00:14:51,779 of the world key affected populations 279 00:14:51,779 --> 00:14:53,730 such as manual sex with men people who 280 00:14:53,730 --> 00:14:56,520 inject drugs sex workers and transgender 281 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,740 people disproportionately affected by 282 00:14:58,740 --> 00:15:02,250 HIV I also will call for a need to 283 00:15:02,250 --> 00:15:04,740 accelerate our investment in science to 284 00:15:04,740 --> 00:15:07,200 find a vaccine and a cure it's only with 285 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,209 a vaccine and cure that we will see an 286 00:15:09,209 --> 00:15:12,510 end to HIV and refer briefly on the 287 00:15:12,510 --> 00:15:15,570 progress we have made the span some of 288 00:15:15,570 --> 00:15:18,149 the setbacks we have recently faced with 289 00:15:18,149 --> 00:15:19,860 the Mississippi baby in our quest 290 00:15:19,860 --> 00:15:23,190 towards a cure and finally I too like oh 291 00:15:23,190 --> 00:15:25,320 you will call for action meaning that 292 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,540 this time in Melbourne is a great time 293 00:15:27,540 --> 00:15:29,940 to talk and discuss and listen but hope 294 00:15:29,940 --> 00:15:31,740 when people return to their homes they 295 00:15:31,740 --> 00:15:33,779 will act on what they've learnt in the 296 00:15:33,779 --> 00:15:38,040 five days here our final speaker for the 297 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:39,540 press conference is the Honorable 298 00:15:39,540 --> 00:15:42,930 Michael Kirby he is a former Justice of 299 00:15:42,930 --> 00:15:44,580 the High Court of Australia and one of 300 00:15:44,580 --> 00:15:46,800 Australia's foremost jurists and human 301 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,930 rights advocates in addition to his 302 00:15:48,930 --> 00:15:50,730 judicial career he has served the United 303 00:15:50,730 --> 00:15:52,680 Nations and the international community 304 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,050 in a range of capacities including as a 305 00:15:55,050 --> 00:15:57,480 member of the UN dp's global Commission 306 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:01,170 on HIV and the law Michael Kirby please 307 00:16:01,170 --> 00:16:05,990 I have a special reason for feeling a 308 00:16:05,990 --> 00:16:12,630 connection with those on MH 17 I was at 309 00:16:12,630 --> 00:16:16,380 Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands just 310 00:16:16,380 --> 00:16:18,959 three days before the departure of that 311 00:16:18,959 --> 00:16:23,570 plane I took a different route home but 312 00:16:23,570 --> 00:16:26,220 thinking on them thinking on that 313 00:16:26,220 --> 00:16:29,430 efficient place thinking on the 314 00:16:29,430 --> 00:16:32,400 happiness that exists existed in the 315 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,040 Netherlands because of the wonderful 316 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,790 performance of their world cup team 317 00:16:37,790 --> 00:16:41,160 thinking of the terrible suffering 318 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:43,860 that has been inflicted upon the 319 00:16:43,860 --> 00:16:47,339 Netherlands as a country thinking on my 320 00:16:47,339 --> 00:16:50,550 partner yarn of 45 years who is there in 321 00:16:50,550 --> 00:16:53,990 the Netherlands thinking of the chance 322 00:16:53,990 --> 00:16:59,790 that exists in all our lives looking at 323 00:16:59,790 --> 00:17:02,730 the names those friendly Netherlands 324 00:17:02,730 --> 00:17:05,400 names of those who are winging their way 325 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:13,199 to our conference yup pim martine to 326 00:17:13,199 --> 00:17:18,020 give their families it is a very painful 327 00:17:18,020 --> 00:17:21,179 moment and it's painful for all of us 328 00:17:21,179 --> 00:17:27,390 and there's no point denying the pain in 329 00:17:27,390 --> 00:17:30,330 the last two days since I've been here I 330 00:17:30,330 --> 00:17:34,200 have attended three busy working 331 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:37,500 preliminary sessions one of them was of 332 00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:41,610 young people one of them was of people 333 00:17:41,610 --> 00:17:44,340 urging the reform of the law relating to 334 00:17:44,340 --> 00:17:49,620 prosecuting infection of HIV and the 335 00:17:49,620 --> 00:17:52,470 other was a session looking at the 336 00:17:52,470 --> 00:17:53,970 lessons we have learned from this 337 00:17:53,970 --> 00:17:56,280 epidemic and how we must extend them 338 00:17:56,280 --> 00:18:00,090 into other areas of healthcare it's been 339 00:18:00,090 --> 00:18:02,730 interesting for me to see how each of 340 00:18:02,730 --> 00:18:06,419 those three sessions have shared the 341 00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:10,140 pain of what we've all gone through but 342 00:18:10,140 --> 00:18:13,380 have been insistent that we should turn 343 00:18:13,380 --> 00:18:18,059 this great misfortune into a resolution 344 00:18:18,059 --> 00:18:22,400 and a commitment here in Melbourne to 345 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,760 advance the program that Michel Sidibe 346 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:30,150 the executive director of you na s has 347 00:18:30,150 --> 00:18:34,140 just outlined the program to put an end 348 00:18:34,140 --> 00:18:38,309 to HIV and AIDS in our world and in a 349 00:18:38,309 --> 00:18:42,960 strange way the terrible event that has 350 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:43,850 happened 351 00:18:43,850 --> 00:18:46,669 has strengthened the resolve of those 352 00:18:46,669 --> 00:18:49,070 who are meeting here in Melbourne 353 00:18:49,070 --> 00:18:54,200 Australia to ensure that we address the 354 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,919 ongoing issues of HIV and AIDS and that 355 00:18:57,919 --> 00:19:00,470 we bring an end to this fearsome 356 00:19:00,470 --> 00:19:03,260 epidemic and learn its lessons and take 357 00:19:03,260 --> 00:19:07,520 them into other areas of healthcare I've 358 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,890 been very impressed by the commitment of 359 00:19:09,890 --> 00:19:13,700 those sessions that I've attended and my 360 00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:17,059 remarks in the session tonight will be 361 00:19:17,059 --> 00:19:20,860 addressed to securing that commitment 362 00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:25,789 getting progress naming names of those 363 00:19:25,789 --> 00:19:29,080 who are not making their contribution 364 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,820 facing up to the realities of our world 365 00:19:31,820 --> 00:19:36,230 the taxpayers in many countries will not 366 00:19:36,230 --> 00:19:39,350 keep forking out for countries that are 367 00:19:39,350 --> 00:19:42,140 willing to take the contributions for 368 00:19:42,140 --> 00:19:45,590 antiretroviral drugs but are not willing 369 00:19:45,590 --> 00:19:47,960 to protect their own citizens by 370 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,950 changing their laws and ensuring that we 371 00:19:51,950 --> 00:19:53,840 get rid of the laws that make the 372 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,510 struggle against HIV difficult or in 373 00:19:56,510 --> 00:20:01,159 some countries impossible and so we go 374 00:20:01,159 --> 00:20:04,580 through this period of sadness but we 375 00:20:04,580 --> 00:20:06,409 will come out at the end of this 376 00:20:06,409 --> 00:20:08,510 conference with the strength and 377 00:20:08,510 --> 00:20:12,140 resolution to ensure that we put an end 378 00:20:12,140 --> 00:20:15,620 to HIV and we take on the lessons to 379 00:20:15,620 --> 00:20:18,620 issues such as other communicable 380 00:20:18,620 --> 00:20:22,600 diseases like hepatitis B and C 381 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:25,130 neglected diseases and non-communicable 382 00:20:25,130 --> 00:20:28,340 diseases and the health of everybody and 383 00:20:28,340 --> 00:20:31,370 the human right to health which Eleanor 384 00:20:31,370 --> 00:20:33,350 Roosevelt and her colleagues put in the 385 00:20:33,350 --> 00:20:35,539 Universal Declaration of Human Rights 386 00:20:35,539 --> 00:20:38,809 that belongs to us all so that will be 387 00:20:38,809 --> 00:20:41,360 the less than I hope will go forth with 388 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:43,820 the Melbourne declaration at the end of 389 00:20:43,820 --> 00:20:46,290 this week 390 00:20:46,290 --> 00:20:48,970 thank you Michael I'd now like to take 391 00:20:48,970 --> 00:20:51,160 questions from the floor please again 392 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,530 identify yourself identify your media 393 00:20:53,530 --> 00:20:55,690 organization many of you have spoken 394 00:20:55,690 --> 00:20:58,180 about the anti-gay laws that are being 395 00:20:58,180 --> 00:21:02,500 introduced what pressure can you put for 396 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:04,270 instance the Ugandan Public Health 397 00:21:04,270 --> 00:21:07,300 Minister is here today have you been 398 00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:09,970 able to speak to her about what's been 399 00:21:09,970 --> 00:21:11,350 happening in Uganda or is there 400 00:21:11,350 --> 00:21:13,630 something that any of you can do rather 401 00:21:13,630 --> 00:21:15,040 than just waiting for governments to 402 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:16,900 reach the conclusion themselves that 403 00:21:16,900 --> 00:21:24,570 their laws will cause more HIV I had a 404 00:21:24,570 --> 00:21:27,790 one-to-one meeting with him because you 405 00:21:27,790 --> 00:21:29,830 know that we are the first law but we 406 00:21:29,830 --> 00:21:31,540 have a low also which is just 407 00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:34,840 criminalizing the transmission of HIV 408 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,450 after writing to him discussing with him 409 00:21:37,450 --> 00:21:40,150 he personally told me that you will send 410 00:21:40,150 --> 00:21:42,130 back a visa second load to the 411 00:21:42,130 --> 00:21:45,850 Parliament to be revisited in is not 412 00:21:45,850 --> 00:21:48,670 ready to take action right now so i 413 00:21:48,670 --> 00:21:50,470 think we are trying to have a direct 414 00:21:50,470 --> 00:21:52,660 advocacy but we are trying also to work 415 00:21:52,660 --> 00:21:55,420 with people in Uganda with a civil 416 00:21:55,420 --> 00:21:58,270 society group we were also the people 417 00:21:58,270 --> 00:22:01,870 were affected and infected to make sure 418 00:22:01,870 --> 00:22:04,180 that they can be protected and have 419 00:22:04,180 --> 00:22:08,560 access to services I think it should be 420 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,710 said that there's only been one 421 00:22:10,710 --> 00:22:14,170 prosecution under the Victorian sections 422 00:22:14,170 --> 00:22:16,660 at the minister told the previous press 423 00:22:16,660 --> 00:22:19,300 conference so it hasn't been much used 424 00:22:19,300 --> 00:22:22,540 but symbolically it was a bad thing the 425 00:22:22,540 --> 00:22:25,210 global Commission on HIV and the law of 426 00:22:25,210 --> 00:22:27,690 the United Nations Development Programme 427 00:22:27,690 --> 00:22:30,160 unanimously put forward a report which 428 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,160 call for an end amongst other things to 429 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:37,600 discriminatory laws which target passing 430 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,440 of the virus and 431 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:44,970 lead to imprisonment and so on and 432 00:22:44,970 --> 00:22:48,420 getting back to an understanding of what 433 00:22:48,420 --> 00:22:51,030 laws actually work and what laws don't 434 00:22:51,030 --> 00:22:55,500 work now unfortunately there was greater 435 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:58,920 that President Museveni of Uganda would 436 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:03,020 not sign the legislation that 437 00:23:03,020 --> 00:23:06,570 criminalizes homosexuality and makes it 438 00:23:06,570 --> 00:23:08,780 impossible to advance even the 439 00:23:08,780 --> 00:23:11,490 suggestions of law reform in that 440 00:23:11,490 --> 00:23:14,040 direction there are some heads of 441 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,260 government who will talk about these 442 00:23:16,260 --> 00:23:18,540 issues they'll talk and now come to 443 00:23:18,540 --> 00:23:20,910 conferences that when the chips are down 444 00:23:20,910 --> 00:23:22,920 they will not take the steps that are 445 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,190 necessary in respect of what's happening 446 00:23:26,190 --> 00:23:28,140 in Australia where we normally muddle 447 00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:30,150 through to the right answers it's 448 00:23:30,150 --> 00:23:31,860 wonderful that the announcement was made 449 00:23:31,860 --> 00:23:35,040 today by minister davis in Victoria 450 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,190 Australia that they are going to reform 451 00:23:38,190 --> 00:23:40,950 their law on this matter aids 452 00:23:40,950 --> 00:23:43,110 conferences have the advantage of 453 00:23:43,110 --> 00:23:46,320 bringing together people who speak about 454 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,410 these things and focus attention on laws 455 00:23:49,410 --> 00:23:51,810 that work and laws that fail and impede 456 00:23:51,810 --> 00:23:54,000 and so it's a good thing that that's 457 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,650 happened and been announced at our 458 00:23:55,650 --> 00:23:58,320 conference but it's very important that 459 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,020 that message should go forth to Africa 460 00:24:01,020 --> 00:24:03,510 to Russia to the Middle East and other 461 00:24:03,510 --> 00:24:05,250 countries where there are laws of this 462 00:24:05,250 --> 00:24:07,830 kind and we shouldn't all be too polite 463 00:24:07,830 --> 00:24:10,980 we should be naming names and being very 464 00:24:10,980 --> 00:24:14,190 clear about the fact that the world is 465 00:24:14,190 --> 00:24:17,300 not going to put 30 million people on 466 00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:20,100 antiretrovirals in if the countries 467 00:24:20,100 --> 00:24:22,980 where there are very high levels of 468 00:24:22,980 --> 00:24:25,410 every epidemic don't take steps to 469 00:24:25,410 --> 00:24:27,630 protect themselves that is the hard 470 00:24:27,630 --> 00:24:30,240 reality of the world we live in that's 471 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,760 the hard reality of global economics and 472 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,610 these things if they're not said during 473 00:24:35,610 --> 00:24:42,619 weeks like this will not be said at all 474 00:24:42,619 --> 00:24:47,489 other questions please thank you so much 475 00:24:47,489 --> 00:24:51,179 my name is Rita from Indonesia i would 476 00:24:51,179 --> 00:24:54,119 like to ask how important is young 477 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,029 people like I you in a global effort to 478 00:24:57,029 --> 00:25:03,959 end 820 and what supports un aids and 479 00:25:03,959 --> 00:25:07,469 international aid society for people for 480 00:25:07,469 --> 00:25:11,369 young people like are you to move on to 481 00:25:11,369 --> 00:25:17,309 end 820 by the end of 2030 thank you 482 00:25:17,309 --> 00:25:24,379 thank you in Indonesia I was part of 483 00:25:24,379 --> 00:25:28,259 many organization and of course many 484 00:25:28,259 --> 00:25:30,929 young people like me also part of many a 485 00:25:30,929 --> 00:25:35,190 great work in their country so what I 486 00:25:35,190 --> 00:25:39,899 see is we have some innovative way and 487 00:25:39,899 --> 00:25:44,639 then we have so many fresh idea that's 488 00:25:44,639 --> 00:25:47,690 why sometimes maybe more young people 489 00:25:47,690 --> 00:25:52,589 needed in more AIDS program and the 490 00:25:52,589 --> 00:25:59,369 other thing is I see how we can walk 491 00:25:59,369 --> 00:26:00,659 together with the government in 492 00:26:00,659 --> 00:26:04,259 Indonesia and the young people voice are 493 00:26:04,259 --> 00:26:08,479 really being hurt in Indonesia because 494 00:26:08,479 --> 00:26:14,700 we believe that without em people and I 495 00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:17,729 don't know before you get all you must 496 00:26:17,729 --> 00:26:23,339 be young first so we will start with 497 00:26:23,339 --> 00:26:26,489 with ourselves we don't want to scream 498 00:26:26,489 --> 00:26:29,369 so loud but we we will do what we can do 499 00:26:29,369 --> 00:26:33,779 today we will do what we should do so we 500 00:26:33,779 --> 00:26:36,929 we're not gonna push the government to 501 00:26:36,929 --> 00:26:39,539 do something but the young people in 502 00:26:39,539 --> 00:26:41,489 Indonesia especially and also in the 503 00:26:41,489 --> 00:26:44,519 Asia and Pacific because I become from 504 00:26:44,519 --> 00:26:47,399 youth lead where we are proving that we 505 00:26:47,399 --> 00:26:50,010 are doing something before we 506 00:26:50,010 --> 00:26:52,680 someone to do it maybe I can maybe 507 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:56,100 that's the point Thank You Francois is I 508 00:26:56,100 --> 00:26:58,610 think he wanted to also respond yeah 509 00:26:58,610 --> 00:27:01,830 regarding the international aids OCT one 510 00:27:01,830 --> 00:27:05,970 of the priority is to work on infants 511 00:27:05,970 --> 00:27:09,950 and adolescents in particular to 512 00:27:09,950 --> 00:27:14,370 organize like here at yet conference 513 00:27:14,370 --> 00:27:16,680 kind of forum where people can exchange 514 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,770 and identify what are the priority and 515 00:27:19,770 --> 00:27:23,370 then to work together with others with 516 00:27:23,370 --> 00:27:26,640 other partners to respond to the 517 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,980 priorities regarding infants and 518 00:27:28,980 --> 00:27:31,620 adolescent you know it's a Doris and it 519 00:27:31,620 --> 00:27:34,790 was really critical issue for the future 520 00:27:34,790 --> 00:27:39,390 because the infant that has been treated 521 00:27:39,390 --> 00:27:41,730 in the path of becoming an edori son 522 00:27:41,730 --> 00:27:46,560 today and we know that a large 523 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,560 proportion of them unfortunately are not 524 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,260 written and treatment so it's really a 525 00:27:52,260 --> 00:27:57,480 critical issue for the is and this 526 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:01,340 activity by the way is under the 527 00:28:01,340 --> 00:28:05,330 responsibility of her Linda girl Becca 528 00:28:05,330 --> 00:28:11,010 with our next president elected as he is 529 00:28:11,010 --> 00:28:13,740 so you can see this is priority will 530 00:28:13,740 --> 00:28:19,860 move on thank you please yeah hi my name 531 00:28:19,860 --> 00:28:21,900 is that I and I'm from Times of India 532 00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:24,570 from India basically the my question is 533 00:28:24,570 --> 00:28:26,250 about drug resistance cases in 534 00:28:26,250 --> 00:28:30,390 especially low AR T we have seen many in 535 00:28:30,390 --> 00:28:31,920 India there are many cases of that red 536 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,470 silk is a particular into a our tickets 537 00:28:34,470 --> 00:28:37,320 and they are on second line drugs so 538 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:39,270 what can you please little bit on just 539 00:28:39,270 --> 00:28:41,730 like why the truck resin cases are 540 00:28:41,730 --> 00:28:44,550 increasing and what are the major pan if 541 00:28:44,550 --> 00:28:46,440 you can ensure Sharon if you can please 542 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:51,090 answer about this um drug resistance in 543 00:28:51,090 --> 00:28:54,930 fact is really rare if people continue 544 00:28:54,930 --> 00:28:57,750 to take their treatment and to continue 545 00:28:57,750 --> 00:28:59,520 to take your treatment everyday life 546 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:01,860 long needs significant vestment in 547 00:29:01,860 --> 00:29:03,600 health care systems it's not an easy 548 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,150 deal lifelong treatment requires 549 00:29:06,150 --> 00:29:08,820 lifelong support and we know that there 550 00:29:08,820 --> 00:29:10,740 are people that drop out of that system 551 00:29:10,740 --> 00:29:13,830 along the way so I think a real approach 552 00:29:13,830 --> 00:29:16,380 to manage in my country for example or 553 00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:18,750 in my hospital in my clinic we almost 554 00:29:18,750 --> 00:29:21,030 never see drug resistance it's rare of 555 00:29:21,030 --> 00:29:23,430 people take the tablet so we have the we 556 00:29:23,430 --> 00:29:25,560 have the tools to not see drug 557 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,750 resistance so I think the approach 558 00:29:27,750 --> 00:29:31,260 there's no doubt we do see it in many in 559 00:29:31,260 --> 00:29:33,410 many other countries but the driver is 560 00:29:33,410 --> 00:29:36,300 not taking a tablet so the approach 561 00:29:36,300 --> 00:29:37,710 needs to be around the health system 562 00:29:37,710 --> 00:29:40,140 that supports it of course the other 563 00:29:40,140 --> 00:29:41,880 issue is that you need to manage drug 564 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,250 resistance which means access to new 565 00:29:44,250 --> 00:29:46,350 drugs that are active again I have 566 00:29:46,350 --> 00:29:49,470 access to those drugs in a high income 567 00:29:49,470 --> 00:29:51,780 countries and they need to be available 568 00:29:51,780 --> 00:29:54,450 in low income countries to at the moment 569 00:29:54,450 --> 00:29:57,960 access to those drugs are limited that 570 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,030 question is also relevant to an 571 00:30:00,030 --> 00:30:02,850 extremely important legal question and 572 00:30:02,850 --> 00:30:06,330 that is that as we will have drug 573 00:30:06,330 --> 00:30:08,880 resistance because perhaps they haven't 574 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,420 been taking mirror drugs and then you 575 00:30:12,420 --> 00:30:14,520 have to move up to new and different 576 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:17,640 lines of therapy and unfortunately as 577 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,950 you have to do that you run into the 578 00:30:19,950 --> 00:30:23,160 problem that new drugs are heavily 579 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,470 patented and they are extremely 580 00:30:25,470 --> 00:30:29,400 expensive and that is why the UNDP 581 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,970 global Commission on HIV and the door 582 00:30:31,970 --> 00:30:35,070 suggested that it was an urgent priority 583 00:30:35,070 --> 00:30:38,310 of the United Nations to look again at 584 00:30:38,310 --> 00:30:41,310 the world's patent law the intellectual 585 00:30:41,310 --> 00:30:43,380 property law because basically it was 586 00:30:43,380 --> 00:30:47,250 formed before 1945 and the charter of 587 00:30:47,250 --> 00:30:49,470 the United Nations the Universal 588 00:30:49,470 --> 00:30:51,360 Declaration and the great treatise that 589 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,770 instill the human right to health and 590 00:30:54,770 --> 00:30:57,270 reconciling that has never basically 591 00:30:57,270 --> 00:30:59,850 been done with the right to health and 592 00:30:59,850 --> 00:31:01,179 the right of 593 00:31:01,179 --> 00:31:05,350 corporations to patent protection 594 00:31:05,350 --> 00:31:09,020 fortunately that suggestion was followed 595 00:31:09,020 --> 00:31:12,860 up by Michel Sidibe by Helen Clark the 596 00:31:12,860 --> 00:31:16,040 administrator of undp by the then High 597 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,660 Commissioner for Human Rights and a 598 00:31:17,660 --> 00:31:19,490 debtor was sent to the secretary-general 599 00:31:19,490 --> 00:31:22,190 of the United Nations that letter is 600 00:31:22,190 --> 00:31:24,860 being advanced and secretary-general ban 601 00:31:24,860 --> 00:31:27,470 ki-moon who has been wonderful in aids 602 00:31:27,470 --> 00:31:30,830 issues and sexuality issues has that on 603 00:31:30,830 --> 00:31:33,500 his desk at the moment and I believe we 604 00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:35,690 will see progress in the steps that will 605 00:31:35,690 --> 00:31:38,630 set up a new review at the international 606 00:31:38,630 --> 00:31:40,820 level to look again at the international 607 00:31:40,820 --> 00:31:43,910 patent law not to take away panels which 608 00:31:43,910 --> 00:31:47,059 are necessary for farmer but to reject 609 00:31:47,059 --> 00:31:49,820 the law so that it is respectful of the 610 00:31:49,820 --> 00:31:52,220 universal human right to help that 611 00:31:52,220 --> 00:31:54,320 people should not depend on where they 612 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,870 had the fortune to be born as to whether 613 00:31:56,870 --> 00:31:59,630 they have access to life-saving drugs 614 00:31:59,630 --> 00:32:01,700 and this is a point made in the 615 00:32:01,700 --> 00:32:04,370 Melbourne declaration and all of us 616 00:32:04,370 --> 00:32:06,230 should be signing on to that declaration 617 00:32:06,230 --> 00:32:08,570 and it will give encouragement to this 618 00:32:08,570 --> 00:32:13,010 reform of the UNDP global Commission we 619 00:32:13,010 --> 00:32:14,600 have time for just one more question but 620 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:16,660 before that question just a correction 621 00:32:16,660 --> 00:32:19,670 that the candlelight vigil that I refer 622 00:32:19,670 --> 00:32:21,290 to it at the opening of this press 623 00:32:21,290 --> 00:32:24,890 conference will be at 1800 hours aest so 624 00:32:24,890 --> 00:32:28,610 6 p.m. on tuesday the 22nd also just the 625 00:32:28,610 --> 00:32:30,350 point of information the speech is 626 00:32:30,350 --> 00:32:31,910 currently under embargo were made 627 00:32:31,910 --> 00:32:34,490 available shortly last question and dane 628 00:32:34,490 --> 00:32:36,800 back joy 94.9 we've spoken about some of 629 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,410 the political setbacks but I'd like you 630 00:32:39,410 --> 00:32:40,790 to address some of the scientific 631 00:32:40,790 --> 00:32:44,390 setbacks that have been coming forward 632 00:32:44,390 --> 00:32:45,830 in the last few weeks in the lead-up to 633 00:32:45,830 --> 00:32:48,520 AIDS 2014 how is that going to affect 634 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,710 the conference and the developments 635 00:32:51,710 --> 00:32:54,509 moving forward 636 00:32:54,509 --> 00:32:58,289 I guess you are thinking about the 637 00:32:58,289 --> 00:33:02,999 Mississippi baby I mean of course we are 638 00:33:02,999 --> 00:33:06,389 all disappointed and it's very sad 639 00:33:06,389 --> 00:33:10,499 particularly up for baby with not a baby 640 00:33:10,499 --> 00:33:14,759 anymore by the way with an infant she's 641 00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:17,579 doing well by the way also she started 642 00:33:17,579 --> 00:33:21,139 the antiretroviral treatment again of 643 00:33:21,139 --> 00:33:24,299 course it's a little bit disappointing 644 00:33:24,299 --> 00:33:27,899 but we have for us as scientists that 645 00:33:27,899 --> 00:33:29,759 does not mean that we have to stop at 646 00:33:29,759 --> 00:33:35,549 all that is telling us that the the 647 00:33:35,549 --> 00:33:40,049 approach that we have to try to detect 648 00:33:40,049 --> 00:33:44,339 and measure the cells that carry the 649 00:33:44,339 --> 00:33:48,029 virus are not sensitive enough we need 650 00:33:48,029 --> 00:33:50,969 to develop new tests and this is 651 00:33:50,969 --> 00:33:54,149 something that the scientists are 652 00:33:54,149 --> 00:33:56,999 already working on it by the way that 653 00:33:56,999 --> 00:33:59,999 was one of the priority already defined 654 00:33:59,999 --> 00:34:03,809 and published in 2012 and since then 655 00:34:03,809 --> 00:34:06,089 there are several group of scientists 656 00:34:06,089 --> 00:34:10,440 that are working on new test it's about 657 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,869 the same as for the Boston patient we 658 00:34:12,869 --> 00:34:15,029 already said that for the Boston patient 659 00:34:15,029 --> 00:34:18,269 by the way the second reason why a 660 00:34:18,269 --> 00:34:22,529 certain year no we don't see why we 661 00:34:22,529 --> 00:34:24,480 should not continue because we still 662 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,210 have the Visconti patient by the way the 663 00:34:27,210 --> 00:34:31,200 Visconti patients now ten years that 664 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:34,759 they are off treatment they are still 665 00:34:34,759 --> 00:34:38,129 controlling very well as a virus and 666 00:34:38,129 --> 00:34:41,190 their infection so studies are ongoing 667 00:34:41,190 --> 00:34:44,329 to try to understand how they control 668 00:34:44,329 --> 00:34:47,279 studies will be done and research will 669 00:34:47,279 --> 00:34:50,429 be done to understand why the infant's 670 00:34:50,429 --> 00:34:54,720 of the Boston patient we're controlling 671 00:34:54,720 --> 00:34:58,410 only for a while wife has been only a 672 00:34:58,410 --> 00:35:01,950 transient remission so it's far as its 673 00:35:01,950 --> 00:35:03,430 novel that 674 00:35:03,430 --> 00:35:07,030 an area of research thank you all for 675 00:35:07,030 --> 00:35:08,800 your attention and i'd like to welcome 676 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:10,660 you all to the opening session which 677 00:35:10,660 --> 00:35:14,250 will begin shortly thank you