CROI 2025: Introduction to this year’s conference

9 March 2025. Related: Early access, Conference reports, , , .

9 to 12 March 2025, San Francisco

A white protest placard against a clear blue sky. Text on the placard reads, "Investment in science is investment in our future." The word 'future' is emphasised.Introduction

Simon Collins, HIV i-Base

This year’s CROI is being held from 9 to 12 March in San Francisco, California.

This will not be a normal CROI because is it being held in the aftershock of the first week of a new US administration that decimated HIV treatment and prevention programmes globally.

This was without concern for the 20 million people living with HIV who access ART through the US PEPFAR programme. Or for the millions more whose healthcare is covered by international HIV prevention programmes, including thousands of community clinics developed after years of work.

Despite issuing a ban to prevent US government scientists from attending the meeting, or routinely presenting their research, CROI will bring together thousands of HIV researchers, scientists, doctors and community activists.

This will be an exciting and dynamic meeting.

The programme is as scientifically vibrant and exciting as it always is and details of highlights will be added to this post later today.

But the feeling from the delegates already here – that people are attending for more than science – is palpable.

This introduction will be expanded later today to include meeting highlights. Early reports are linked below.

EARLY ACCESS

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