Prevention Technologies for Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：不安全性行为是世界上最贫穷社区致残和死亡的第二大风险因素，在发达国家是第九大风险因素。每年有3.4亿人感染新的淋病、梅毒、衣原体或滴虫感染。此外，异性传播是艾滋病毒在妇女中传播的主要方式，性传播感染助长了艾滋病毒的传播。我们建议举办一次关于性健康和生殖健康预防技术的会议。会议的主要目标是加速发展多指征技术（如双重方法、广谱性传播感染杀微生物剂），以预防妊娠、性传播感染和其他常见的生殖道感染，这些感染会造成重大的全球疾病负担。PTSRH会议将汇集领先的基础科学、临床和社会行为研究人员，以及杀微生物剂、屏障和药物领域的临床从业人员，并鼓励一批新的研究人员将性健康和生殖健康技术纳入他们的研究（例如免疫学、工程学、微生物学）。除了作为促进新合作和分享新研究成果的论坛外，本次活动还将为关注健康问题的媒体、倡导者和国家/州/城市捐助者提供一个论坛，让他们了解PTSRH技术的潜在影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Unsafe sex is the second most important risk factor for disability and death in the world's poorest communities and the ninth most important in developed countries. Every year, 340 million people acquire new gonorrhea, syphilis, Chlamydia, or trichomonas infections. Furthermore, heterosexual transmission is the predominant mode of HIV transmission among women, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) contribute to the spread of HIV. We propose to host a conference on Prevention Technologies for Sexual and Reproductive Health (PT/SRH). The primary objective of the conference is to accelerate the development of multi-indication technology (e.g., dual methods, broad-spectrum STI microbicides) that prevents pregnancy, STIs, and other common reproductive tract infections that result in a significant global disease burden. The PTSRH Conference will bring together leading basic science, clinical and socio-behavioral researchers, and clinical practitioners in the fields of microbicides, barriers and pharmaceuticals, as well as encourage a new cohort of researchers to integrate sexual and reproductive health technologies into their research (e.g., immunology, engineering, microbiology). In addition to serving as a forum for fostering new collaborations and sharing novel research findings, this event will provide a forum where media, advocates, and national/state/city donors that are focused on health issues can learn about the potential impact of PTSRH technology. The proposed conference will take place over two days in the San Francisco Bay Area CA in April 2009. The planning members for the proposed conference represent the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, UCSF Women's Global Health Imperative, UCSF Center for AIDS Research, the California Microbicide Initiative (CaMI), UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce, California African American HIV/AIDS Coalition, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, Alliance for Microbicide Development, PATH, Ibis Reproductive Health, Microbicide Trails Network, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, the Pacific AIDS Training and Education Center, and industry. The specific aims for this proposed conference are: Specific Aim #1. Provide a forum for sharing the research on multi-indication technology that is intended to prevent or detect pregnancy and/or STIs and other reproductive tract infections. Specific Aim #2. Improve the understanding of the role of multi-indication prevention methods in the context of other prevention strategies. Specific Aim #3. Foster new collaborations by bringing together established practitioners in the field of sexual and reproductive health with product developers and new investigators.