ICASA 2011 Key Dates
In response to the challenges posed by the HIV/AIDS scourge in Africa, the motion for the hosting of International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) on the African soil was moved by prominent African scientists participating in the second International Symposium on AIDS and Associated Cancer in Africa organized in Italy in 1987. During the fifth ICASA held in Kinshasa in 1990, the Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) was established as the organizational custodian of ICASA.
ICASA EVENTS FROM 1986 TO DATE
HOSTING COUNTRY |
YEAR |
THEME |
CHAIR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town - South Africa | 2013 | Now More Than Ever: Targeting Zero | Prof. Robert Soudre |
| Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 2011 | “Own, Scale-Up and Sustain” | Dr. Y. Abebe |
| Dakar, Senegal | 2008 | Africa’s Response: Face the Fact | Pr. S. Mboup |
| Abuja, Nigeria | 2005 | HIV/ADIS and the Family | Pr. F. Soyinka |
| Nairobi, Kenya | 2003 | Access to Care: challenges | Dr. D.M. Owili |
| Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | 2001 | The communities commit themselves | Pr.R. Soudre |
| Lusaka, Zambia | 1999 | Looking into the future: Setting Priorities for HIV/AIDS in Africa | Pr.L Nkandu |
| Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire | 1997 | AIDS ans Development | Pr. A. Kadio |
| Kampala, Uganda | 1995 | Challenges and Hope | Dr. S. Okware |
| Marrakesh. Morocco | 1993 | African Unity against AIDS and STDs | Pr. A. Bensilimane |
| Yaounde, Carmeroon | 1992 | Clean and Safe Blood for all | Pr.L. Kaptue |
| Dakar, Sengal | 1991 | Pr. S. Mboup | Pr. S. Mboup |
| Kinshasa, DR Congo | 1990 | Struggle against AIDS in Africa | Dr. B. Kapita |
| Marseijje, France | 1989 | Epidemiology of AIDS in Africa | Dr. J.C. Chermann |
| Arusha, Tanzinia | 1988 | Aids and Associated Cancers in Africa | Pr. F. Malhu |
| Naples, Italy | 1987 | Science in Challenging Aids | Dr. G. Giralde |
| Brussel, Belgium | 1986 | Aids in Africa | Dr. N. Clumek |