Why has it been 22 years since the United States has been chosen to host the International AIDS Conference?
The IAS Governing Council voted to hold AIDS 2012 in Washington, DC, following U.S. President Barack Obama’s October 2009 announcement that the nation would end its entry restrictions on people living with HIV effective January 4, 2010. The conference was last held in the U.S. in 1990 in San Francisco, California. The removal of entry restrictions on people living with HIV by the U.S. allows for the return of this global conference to the United States after a 22-year absence.
