第9届亚太国际艾滋病大会（ICAAP IX）将于2009年8月9日至8月13日在印度尼西亚巴厘举行。

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第9届亚太国际艾滋病大会（ICAAP IX）将于2009年8月9日至8月13日在印度尼西亚巴厘举行。

此次大会将会让来自亚太地区各种不同背景的人相聚在一起，分享有关HIV和艾滋病的知识、技能、观点和研究发现。今年的大会主题是"赋权人民，加强网络"。

第九届亚太国际艾滋病大会的目标是：发扬科技卓越性；提供深度对话平台；培养问责性；在对抗亚太区HIV/艾滋病中鼓励个人和集体行动；确保应对的可持续性。请访问下面的链接，获得更多关于该第九届亚太国际艾滋病大会的信息：http://www.yazhoudiaocha.com/events/146.php。访问第九届亚太国际艾滋病大会网站，请点击：www.icaap9.org。

亚洲促进会致力于提高中国基层组织在此次大会上的参与度。亚洲促进会希望通过让这些中国非政府组织的代表和来自其他国家的同事们聚在一起，可以促进跨边境合作，加强网络联系，这也是本次大会的主题。

在大会即将举行的几个星期里，亚洲调查将是宣传合作方法（今年大会的驱动性目标）的一个基站。

同时，请继续关注我们网站中关于本次大会参与者或由其发表的文章，及相关活动更新。另外，从8月8日至8月13日，我们将持续提供关于第九届亚太艾滋病大会的最新的、现场的报道。

 The 9^th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP IX) will take place in Bali, Indonesia from 9 August - 13 August 2009.   

ICAAP IX will bring people from various backgrounds in Asia and the Pacific region to meet and share knowledge, skills, ideas, and research findings related to HIV and AIDS.  The theme of this year's conference is "Empowering People, Strengthening Networks".   

The goal of ICAAP IX is to: promote scientific excellence and inquiry; provide a forum for meaningful dialogue; foster accountability; encourage individual and collective action in addressing HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific; and ensure the sustainability of the response.  For more information about ICAAP IX, please visit: http://www.yazhoudiaocha.com/events/146.php.  To visit the ICAAP IX website, please visit:www.icaap9.org.   

Asia Catalyst has worked specifically to increase the presence of Chinese grassroots organizations at this year's conference.  It is Asia Catalyst's hope that bringing representatives of these Chinese NGOs together with their colleagues from other countries will serve to enhance the cross-border collaboration and the strengthening of networks that is the conference's theme.   

In the weeks leading up to ICAAP IX, Asia Report will be a resource for promoting the collaborative approach that is a driving purpose of the conference. 

Also, keep checking back for presentations by and about ICAAP IX participants and updates on related events.   Also, from 8 August to 13 August, we will be providing continuously updating, on-the-ground coverage of ICAAP IX activities.