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Inside CROI: AVAC reports
Click here to read the AVAC report on and discussion of select data from the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) held February 3-7 in Boston.
Click here to download the PDF.
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For more information on the Working Group and to view past reports visit http://hivresourcetracking.org/.
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Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise Announces New Executive Director, 11 October 2007
- AVAC welcomes the new director
- Enterprise press release
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AVAC Reports on the AIDS Vaccine 07 Conference
Read the conference summary and download presentations from the conference
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Update on Merck vaccine trials
- AVAC statement on Phambili and STEP trials; Participant safety is the top priority (10.26)
- NIAID press release (10.23)
- SAAVI press release (10.23)
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AVAC Voices Disappointment in Trial Result -- Applauds Merck’s Leadership and Calls for Reinvigorated Effort to Design and Test AIDS Vaccines
Click here for AVAC's press release and more information
**A conference call update on the trials took place on September 28, 2007.**
A summary of the discussion from the call is available for downloading here.
Please submit additional questions to avac@avac.org
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AVAC Receives $14 Million Grant
from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
AVAC announced that it has received a five-year, $14 million grant from the Gates Foundation to create a new international HIV Prevention Research Advocacy Network.
- Read the press release
New AVAC Report on the State of the AIDS Vaccine Field Calls for Accelerated Action in AIDS Vaccine and HIV Prevention Research
This new report outlines the specific deadlines and challenges facing the field in the arenas of AIDS vaccine scientific strategy, clinical trials, and the broader prevention field and provides recommendations for action by researchers, policymakers, industry, funders, civil society, and advocates, including AVAC.
- Download the Report (High-resolution) (Low-resolution)
- Visit the AVAC Reports webpage for more information on this and past year's Reports
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"Female-Initiated HIV Prevention: What will we learn from upcoming trials?"
Download and view this new resource designed to help HIV-prevention advocates understand the implications of findings from two important studies of female-initiated HIV-prevention methods.
This publication is part of AVAC's "Anticipating and Understanding Results" series, which provides timely analysis of trials of AIDS vaccines and other new HIV-prevention options.
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Support the Global Call to Stop Cervical Cancer
Available online in multiple languages, the Global Call urges governments, agencies, donors, medical professionals, industry and civil society to do their respective parts in ensuring universal access to HPV vaccines and cervical cancer screening and treatment.
AVAC urges you and your organization to sign on to the Call!
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Global HIV Prevention Working Group releases its new report:
"Bringing HIV Prevention to Scale: An Urgent Global Priority" (click title to download)
The report discusses the importance of greatly expanding coverage of evidence-based HIV prevention interventions, provides examples of successful scale-up efforts and contains valuable graphics and figures on rates of coverage for existing prevention interventions worldwide. It also offers recommendations for national governments, donors, multilateral organizations, providers, the research field, and civil society.
- Global HIV Prevention Working Group website -
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Important: Call for community input on guidance document
This is a call for your input into a draft guidance document on community engagement in HIV prevention research. We hope you'll click the link below and take the time to share information about this new document with colleagues around the world.
-Click here for more information on the document and how you can submit comments
-Click here to download the draft of "Good Participatory Practice Guidelines for Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials" (PDF)
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HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD) - May 18, 2007
Visit AVAC's HVAD webpage and download HVAD materials and read more about the significance of this important day
- Download AVAC's HVAD brochure -
- AVAC's HVAD Press Release -
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Understanding Data Safety Monitoring Boards (DSMBs) - AVAC's new fact sheet is designed to help HIV prevention advocates understand the purpose, function and actions of a critical entity in the clinical trials process: DSMBs
- Download the AVAC Fact Sheet on DSMBs -
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Male circumcision for HIV prevention: Advocacy, recommendations and next steps
Click below to download AVAC's special report:
"A New Way to Protect Against HIV? Understanding the Results of Male Circumcision Studies for HIV Prevention"
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AVAC launches new tool for HIV prevention advocates: a comprehensive HIV prevention research timeline
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Introduction to AIDS Vaccines - Check out the newest online tool to learn about AIDS vaccines! This new-and-improved version includes audio, animated graphics and the ability to easily navigate the presentation
Download the presentation (If you have trouble viewing the presentation please contact us.)
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How did circumcision prevent HIV in clinical trials in Africa… and what does it mean for the United States? An educational briefing paper for US AIDS communities by the Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP) - March 2007
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First HIV Vaccine Efficacy Trial in Africa Begins
AVAC statement
South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative (SAAVI) statement
"Aids initiative announces HIV-vaccince trial" - Mail & Guardian, February 8, 2007
"The jab that could change SA" - The Star, February 8, 2007
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Phase III Trials of Cellulose Sulfate Microbicide for HIV Prevention Closed
Click here for more information
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Read about what AVAC has been up to in its 2006 year in review
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Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention
Adult Male Circumcision Significantly
Reduces Risk of Acquiring HIV:
Trials in Kenya and Uganda End Randomization
*Download notes from civil society call on male circumcision held December 14, 2006*
*AVAC's statement on the trial findings*
*National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases (NIAID) press release*
*Q&A: NIAID-Sponsored Adult Male Circumcision Trials in Kenya and Uganda*
*WHO/UNAIDS statement on trial findings*
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AVAC co-sponsors Theory-Practice Seminar "Advancing Vaccines: Innovations in Intellectual Property Practice" at Brooklyn Law School
Click here for event details and to view the webcast
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AVAC releases 2006 AVAC Report AIDS Vaccines: The Next Frontiers
Click here for the press release
Click here for the Report
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2006 AIDS Vaccines Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands - August 29 - Sept 1
Click here for more information
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XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto - August 13-18, 2006
Click here for conference highlights and webcasts
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