Russian-US forum on AIDS prevention in armed forces opens in Moscow

Interfax-AVN military news agency web site
31 Aug 04

Moscow, 31 August: An international seminar on HIV/AIDS prevention
in the armed forces opened in Moscow today, the press service of the
Russian Defence Ministry told Interfax-Military News agency.

The main goal of the forum, organized by the Russian Defence Ministry
and the US Department of Defence, is to discuss global advanced
experience in HIV/AIDS diagnostics and treatment in the armed forces,
a press service official said.

The three-day seminar will feature reports of Russian and US military
experts, officials of the Russian health ministry, the UN, and US
centres for disease control and prevention.

The event will also be attended by officials from Albania, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro, Tajikistan, and Ukraine.