http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art46169.html Heidi M. Nass is an attorney turned HIV treatment advocate, educator and outreach specialist. She has written and presented extensively on treatment topics and HIV-positive women's issues, drawing from her vast store of practical knowledge as well as her personal experience living with HIV. http://www.thebody.com/images/blog/hnass_biobox.gif http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art49182.html 115 144 http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art48277.html The conference formally ends this afternoon. Today is mostly oral summary reports of all the "tracks" (e.g. prevention, treatment, youth, etc.) and a short closing session. http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art48277.html Thu, 8 Aug 2008 16:17:19 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art48276.html I've been to plenty of meetings for which the routine is this: get on a plane, arrive in place X, get in a waiting car that arrives at hotel Y, go to the meeting, get back in the car when the meeting is done, get back on the plane, arrive home. http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art48276.html Mon, 7 Aug 2008 16:17:19 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art48271.html So, I'm starting to get the conference fatigue that happens at these kinds of intense, overwhelming meetings. I'm a little surprised I can still see straight, as it feels like my eyes have rolled back into my head. http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art48271.html Mon, 6 Aug 2008 16:17:19 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art48268.html The other day I wrote about my struggle with what it means to "represent" my "community." There's at least 33 million people (more than 16 million women) living with HIV/AIDS in the world, there's well more than a million in the U.S. -- if I, as an American woman living with HIV, stand up to give "the community perspective," what does that mean? http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art48268.html Mon, 6 Aug 2008 16:17:19 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art48101.html Mexico City is a place of complicated and myriad modes of transportation. The way taxis work here is that they are stationed in various places around the city. This means that the same five guys are waiting outside our hotel every morning. http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art48101.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 16:17:19 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art48100.html So, here's the thing -- just because the UN is internationally recognized and respected doesn't mean it's going to have a perfect system for, let's say, conference badge pick-up. I spent the better part of the morning trying to get into the conference, with my badge at a hotel across town -- a little town called Mexico City with 20 million people and traffic jams that are legendary. http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art48100.html Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:17:19 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art48099.html Greetings from Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico. Mexico City is the site of AIDS 2008, the 17th international AIDS conference ever held and the first one to take place in Latin America. It is also my first one, so I am very excited, a little anxious and altogether delighted to be here. http://www.thebody.com/content/blogrss/nass/art48099.html Sat, 2 Aug 2008 16:17:19 GMT