IAS has pledged that it 'will not go back to business as usual' after hundreds of delegates to its IAS2022, held in Montreal from July 29 to August 3, faced delays or denials of entry visas into Canada.
MONTREAL ― The International AIDS Society has pledged that it"will not go back to business as usual" after hundreds of delegates to its International AIDS Society Conference 2022, held in Montreal from July 29 to August 3, faced delays or denials of entry visas into Canada.
Protesters and patient activists took to the stage during the conference's opening ceremony, declaring,"No more AIDS conferences in racist countries," after Canadian government representative Harjit Sajjan, who is international development minister, canceled a scheduled appearance at the ceremony.
Funding is another big barrier, she acknowledged."A lower- or middle-income country might not be able to support us. For example, we offered 1600 scholarship places for this conference, and Canada gave us a not insignificant sum to support that." IAS has experienced several financially difficult years, she added."We're only now in a good space to really consider kind of taking a hit ― if you like ― from having a conference, where it's going to be a big haul on the budget.
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