1. AIDS 2010 and Resources Available to Support Your Coverage of AIDS 2010 Regina Aragon, AIDS 2010 Communications

2. Rights Here, Right Now www.aids2010.org Overview of Presentation Key themes at AIDS 2010 Onsite Media Centre Tools to help you navigate the conference Embargo policy

3. Rights Here, Right Now www.aids2010.org Key Themes at AIDS 2010 A pivotal moment in time for the global response to HIV Goal of universal access by 2010 set by world leaders Convincing evidence that universal access is achievable, based on recent scale up Mounting evidence that HIV scale up leads contributes to broader benefits, including TB incidence, maternal and child health and stronger health systems Evidence-based prevention is key, and treatment is part of the prevention tool kit

4. Rights Here, Right Now www.aids2010.org Key Themes at AIDS 2010 An evidenced-based response is key. This includes: Access to proven interventions for people who inject drugs The Vienna Declaration: A call for drug policies based on science, rather than ideology. Over 5,000 signatures in two weeks. Targeting of resources to most at risk populations, including men who have sex with men, sex workers Targeting of young people (under 25)

5. Rights Here, Right Now www.aids2010.org Key Themes at AIDS 2010 Human rights is foundational to an effective response to HIV; not peripheral or secondary. This includes addressing social norms around gender and young women and girls’ economic and educational opportunities Enabling environment is not just about laws; it’s about leadership Lifting the veil of stigma Global Forum on MSM (600+) participants

6. Rights Here, Right Now www.aids2010.org Key Themes at AIDS 2010 Are there greater efficiencies that will allow us to do more with existing resources? Task shifting and other efforts to reduce the human costs of care Combination treatments Towards a New Paradigm Satellite (13:30 in SR 6) The limits of efficiency– future of AIDS financing Global Fund Replenishment (October) G8 and G20 leadership Abuja Declaration – at least 15% on health Innovative financing

7. Rights Here, Right Now www.aids2010.org Onsite Media Centre Located in Hall A Support to working journalists, including: WiFi and computers, USB cords and printers Information booth, including interview manager Document Centre Three press conference rooms, two with simultaneous interpretation Official Daily Press Conference at 11:00, M-F Opening Press Conference on Sunday at 16:00 Tables for 3 rd party materials and information booths for organizing partners (e.g. UNAIDS) Media Kits (see website, in ENG, GER & RUSS) Interview and meeting rooms for use (restricted access)

8. Rights Here, Right Now www.aids2010.org Tools to Help You Navigate AIDS 2010 Media Kit Programme highlights document New Science at AIDS 2010 Fact Sheet (as of Sat) Fact sheets on EECA, Austria Information on Programme Activities Kaiser Foundation HIV/AIDS Reporting Manual Other printed materials Daily News Bulletin Daily press releases

9. Rights Here, Right Now www.aids2010.org Tools to Help You Navigate AIDS 2010 Online Resources Programme-at-a-Glance Abstracts, session slides or speeches Roadmaps Rapporteur reports Social media (blog, Facebook, Twitter) Webcasts (60+ sessions), as well as podcasts (ENG and RUSS) and English transcripts Online scientific partners: Clinical Care Options and NAM (access through the conference website)

10. Rights Here, Right Now www.aids2010.org Media Embargo Policy Abstracts may not be published or reported on before date and time of their presentation What does this mean? For oral abstracts: start of the session in which the abstract is being presented. For poster exhibition abstracts: 08:00 (Central European Time) on the day the poster is presented. For poster discussion abstracts: 08:00 (Central European Time) on Monday, 19 July 2010. For electronic posters/abstracts published on the AIDS 2010 CD-ROM only: 13:00 (Central European Time) on Saturday, 17 July 2010. This policy has been communicated to all abstract authors.