WORKSHOP ON ORAL HEALTH AND DISEASES IN AIDS

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案请求资助，以促进来自发展中国家的主要参与者和年轻科学家出席并积极参与将于2004年7月6日至10日在泰国合艾举行的第五届世界艾滋病口腔健康和疾病研讨会，紧在2004年7月11日至16日在泰国曼谷举行的第十五届国际艾滋病会议之前。这是该研讨会首次在亚洲举办。在东南亚日益成为艾滋病流行的中心的情况下，这样做尤其恰当。我们正在申请资金来支持一些个人旅行补助金，以部分支付注册费用，其中包括住宿和膳食（500美元），以及每个演讲者和被选中的年轻科学家的部分往返长途汽车和当地交通费（800美元）。由于提供给发展中国家的年轻科学家参加这种级别会议的资金极其有限，这项请求在很大程度上是为了支持外国与会者。预计那些从拟议的会议赠款中获得支持的国家将把在讲习班上获得的知识带回来，并将其应用到自己的方案中，从而为本国的艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究、护理和教育作出贡献，特别是在那些最需要这种改进的国家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests funding to facilitate the attendance and active participation of key participants and of young scientists from developing countries at The 5th World Workshop on Oral Health and Disease in AIDS to be held in Hat Yai, Thailand, July 6-10, 2004, immediately preceding the XVth International Conference on AIDS in Bangkok, Thailand, July 11-16, 2004. This is the first time the Workshop will be held in Asia. It is particularly appropriate at this time with Southeast Asia being in a growing center of the AIDS pandemic. We are applying for funds to support a number of individual travel grants to partially cover registration, which includes accommodation and meals ($500), and partial travel expenses for coach round-trip plus local transportation ($800) for each of the speakers and young scientists selected. Because of the extreme limitation on funds for young scientists from developing countries to attend meetings of this caliber, the request is intended in large part to support foreign participants. It is anticipated that those receiving support from the proposed conference grant will take the knowledge acquired at the Workshop back and apply it in their own programs thus contributing to HIV/AIDS research, care and education in their own countries, particularly in those where such improvements are most sorely needed. The AIDS epidemic has developed into a time bomb that will have dramatic effects on Thailand and South East Asian populations as well as the economies of these countries. Thailand experienced its first case of AIDS in 1984. At present, a cumulative total of 185,907 AIDS cases with a 27.6% death rate has been reported with an estimated 1 million HIV-infected cases in 2001. The International Workshops have proved to be invaluable in that they enable clinicians and scientists working in the field to exchange ideas and information on an interpersonal level. SE Asian communities will benefit enormously from the latest information on diagnosis and treatment brought fresh to our researchers, university lecturers, clinicians and students. The workshop will make it possible to consider specific Asian problems, to discuss the steps being taken to address these problems and to offer alternative approaches. The findings will be published as a special supplement to a recognized journal and will include a set of recommendations for oral HIV research and guidelines for care.