Prevention Technologies for Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference

描述(申请人提供)：在世界上最贫穷的社区，不安全的性行为是导致残疾和死亡的第二大风险因素，在发达国家是第九大最重要的风险因素。每年有3.4亿人感染新的淋病、梅毒、衣原体或滴虫。此外，异性传播是艾滋病毒在妇女中的主要传播方式，性传播感染助长了艾滋病毒的传播。我们建议主办性健康和生殖健康预防技术会议。会议的主要目标是加速开发多适应症技术(例如，双重方法、广谱性传播感染杀菌剂)，以预防妊娠、性传播感染和其他导致重大全球疾病负担的常见生殖道感染。PTSRH会议将汇集顶尖的基础科学、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，并鼓励新的研究人员将性健康和生殖健康技术纳入他们的研究(如免疫学、工程学、微生物学)。除了作为促进新的合作和分享新的研究成果的论坛，这次活动还将提供一个论坛，在这里，关注健康问题的媒体、倡导者和国家/州/市捐赠者可以了解PTSRH技术的潜在影响。 拟议的会议将于2009年4月在旧金山湾区CA举行，为期两天。拟议会议的规划成员包括加州大学伯克利分校公共卫生学院、加州大学旧金山分校妇女全球健康势在必行、加州大学旧金山分校艾滋病研究中心、加州大学戴维斯分校杀微生物剂倡议(CAMI)、加州大学戴维斯分校医疗中心、萨克拉门托黑人商会、加州非裔美国人艾滋病毒/艾滋病联盟、加州计划生育协会、杀微生物剂发展联盟、PATH、ibis生殖健康、杀微生物剂踪迹网络、计划生育玛蒙特基金会、太平洋艾滋病培训和教育中心，以及行业。这次拟议会议的具体目标是： 具体目标#1.提供一个论坛，分享旨在预防或检测怀孕和/或性传播感染和其他生殖道感染的多适应症技术的研究。 具体目标#2.提高对多适应症预防方法在其他预防战略中的作用的认识。 具体目标#3.通过将性健康和生殖健康领域的老牌从业人员与产品开发人员和新的研究人员聚集在一起，促进新的合作。

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.