The "Second Conference on Global Strategies for the Prevention of HIV Transmission from Mothers to Infants," held September 1-5, 1999 in Montreal, Canada, focused on the prevention of the spread of HIV from mothers to their unborn children.

This international meetingwas sponsored by the International AIDS Society and the American Foundation for AIDS Research in collaboration with the Office of AIDS Research at the National Institutes of Health and the Canadian Association for HIV Research.

HAI cosponsored the meeting and coordinated the Developing Country Scholarship Program.

Through the Developing Country Scholarship Program, scientists, health-care workers, and public health administrators from all over the world were given the opportunity to participate in this conference. In 1997, on behalf of the conference organizers, HAI awarded scholarships to 99 individuals from 33 different developing countries—from Argentina to Zimbabwe—to participate in the first "Conference on Global Strategies for the Prevention of HIV Transmission from Mothers to Infants" held in Washington, DC. Many qualified individuals requested support, and after a careful review, the scholarship committee awarded scholarships to all those who applied to the scholarship program. 229 scholarships were offered to individuals from 40 different countries.

Further information about "The Second Conference on Global Strategies for the Prevention of HIV Transmission from Mothers to Infants", please contact globals@total.net or visit the conference web site: http://www.globalstrategies.org.