IAS announces Rio de Janeiro as host city for AIDS 2026
Geneva, Switzerland – IAS – the International AIDS Society – announced today that AIDS 2026, the 26th International AIDS Conference, will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and virtually from 25 to 30 July 2026. Between 7,000 and 10,000 people are expected to attend. “We are at a critical turning point in the HIV response as shifting geopolitical dynamics and funding uncertainties threaten decades of progress,” IAS President and AIDS 2026 International Co-Chair Beatriz Grinsztejn said. “With AIDS 2026 just four years before the 2030 deadline for global targets, the HIV response hangs in the balance. An evidence-based, resilient, fully funded