In November 2024, BMJ Open Research Editor Dr. Artur Arikainen attended the latest European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE), organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The conference welcomed 800 attendees in person in Stockholm, Sweden, and over 3,100 online. Kicking off the proceedings, the new […]
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World AIDS Day 2021
Today marks the annual World AIDS Day, promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 1987. The theme for this year’s awareness day is “End inequalities. End AIDS.” Apart from COVID-19, HIV/AIDS remains the only other ongoing pandemic affecting the world today. In stark contrast to COVID-19, HIV vaccines largely remain in development, though […]