Mogae attends global AIDs meeting

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Former president, Festus Mogae will travel to Vienna, Austria this Saturday to attend the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) at the invitation of Roche, a pharmaceutical company, which has a presence in southern Africa.

According to Mogae's private secretary, Bapasi Mphusu, the International AIDS Conference is the largest global meeting on HIV, where every two years 25,000 participants representing all stakeholders in the world's response to HIV meet to assess progress and identify future priorities.

AIDS 2010, the 18th in this series of international AIDS conferences, is organised by the International AIDS Society (IAS) in partnership with government, scientific and civil society partners in Austria and international partners from civil society and the United Nations.

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