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| Press Release 8th May 2015 EMBARGO: None (for immediate release)International Conference on AIDS and STI’s in Africa (ICASA 2015)
The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA), custodian of ICASA, regretfully informs all stakeholders and delegates that ICASA 2015 will no longer be held in Hammamet, Tunisia from 8 to 13 November 2015. This decision is due to reasons beyond our control. A new date and venue will be announced 15 days from now. However, the Society for AIDS in Africa wishes to assure its partners, esteemed stakeholders and delegates that the 18th edition of ICASA will still be organized this year December. All ongoing registrations, marketing items, booking for satellite sessions and exhibition space, etc. still remain valid irrespective of the change of venue. All secured Tunisia visas should be forwarded to SAA for re-issuance by the new host country at no additional cost. New invitation letters will be sent to all paid delegates as soon as the venue is announced. All online transactions are still active and ongoing. For more information on the 2015 Conference kindly visit: www.saafrica.org. Ends NOTES TO EDITORS: About The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA), the custodian of ICASA was founded in 1989 at the fourth International Symposium on AIDS and Associated Cancers in Africa (now ICASA) held in Marseille, France by a group of African scientists, activists and advocates in response to this epidemic. SAA envisions and African continent free of HIV, TB and malaria and their debilitating effects on communal and societal structures, where people are socially and economically empowered to live product lives in dignity. For more information on SAA please visit www.saafrica.org. For more information about ICASA please contact: Permanent Secretariat |
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