HIV risk is not an individual matter. Vulnerabilities are based in socio-economic settings that enhance the risk in individual situations. Three areas have been identified for particular attention: population movements; sex work and drug use. Furthermore, these socio-economic settings often relate to larger social, economic and political forces. This theme will address what barriers exist for effective action, what works, and what lessons can be drawn from successes and failures in addressing the socio-economic determinants

Sessions

Plenary Session Sub Plenary Session: Socio-Economic Determinants and Gender and Sexuality Meet the Expert: Socio-Economic Determinants Community Development - Building a National PLWHA Organisation. Positive Proposal Writing Guideline Workshop Mobile Workers and HIV Translating the UNGASS Declaration into Action Effective Interventions on Drug Use and HIV Partnerships for Ntional and International Action Mobility, Poverty and HIV Policy to Enhance HIV Prevention Among Drug Users Policy Forum 1: HIV and Development

Religion: Barrier or Support   Critical Reflections on Partnerships   Policy Forum 2: HIV, Security and Globalisation   Political Leadership Amongst Parliamentarians   Working Together to Achieve a Unified Response to the AIDS Epidemic   Donor Recipient Relations   Political Commitment   Workplace and Private Sector Linkages for Partnership   Poster Session: Collaboration with the Media - A Success Story   Poster Session: Wnat to Finance a Local HIV Initiative? Start Your Own Business