The world is talking about ending AIDS. AVAC’s advocacy is dedicated to realizing that vision. To get there we must:
A fresh episode of AVAC’s Px Pulse podcast is ready for download, looking at what the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring means for women and for HIV prevention from several perspectives.
On Wednesday, September 16, WACI Health, AVAC, and Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, TB and Malaria hosted a virtual dialogue to discuss how COVID-19 is impacting Africa and learn about the collective response in different countries. The webinar was recorded and is available on AVAC’s COVID-19 resources page.
Given the global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is enormous pressure to speed vaccine development and approval. However, if approval appears to have been influenced by politics, or if the process skips important steps, public faith in vaccines will be damaged, resulting in decreased uptake for COVID-19 vaccines, and, potentially, other immunizations.
In this update, you’ll find links to two new AVAC resources designed to support advocacy and accountability in the context of the search for a COVID-19 vaccine, and a link to the recording and slides from our webinar on the COVID-19 vaccine development pipeline.
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AVAC advocates for a comprehensive response to the epidemic, involving smart use of every proven HIV prevention option available today and sustained research into many new strategies.