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  • Facing FACTS, and Just Getting On With It

    When I heard the FACTS results—I was sad. But microbicide researchers and advocates don't tend to linger at the pity party. We're not giving up. FACTS hurt us but it didn't break us. We all have work to do—and we're getting on with it.
    March 10, 2015
    Microbicides
    Jim Pickett

  • Women Deserve to Know About HIV Prevention Medication Too

    The US FDA approved oral PrEP. The US CDC issued guidelines for its use. PrEP has been shown to reduce the risk of acquiring HIV equally in men and women with a protection rate up to 96 percent. Yet three years later, PrEP-centric media campaigns and clinical prescriptions continue to primarily target men who have sex with men.
    March 10, 2015
    PrEP
    Anna Forbes
    Manju Chatani
    Dázon Dixon Diallo

  • Decoding Cure Science: A CUREiculum webinar series

    The CUREiculum is a suite of tools that provides simple, accessible information on HIV cure research. As part of the effort to increase research literacy around cure, the CUREiculum team will be presenting a webinar series that focus on issue-specific topics crucial to understanding the research landscape.
    March 9, 2015
    Cure
    AVAC

  • Presenting the First GPP Online Training Certificate Recipients

    AVAC is pleased to announce the inaugural group of Certified GPP Implementers! In October 2014, AVAC launched the innovative GPP Online Training Course. The following individuals have successfully completed all course requirements and have received a GPP Online Training Certificate as recognition of their achievement.
    March 5, 2015
    GPP
    AVAC

  • Playing Tennis Without a Net

    Targets, goalposts and milestones are what give meaning and inspiration to the incredible work that the AIDS community is engaged in each day. To work without targets is to play tennis without a net.
    March 4, 2015
    General
    AVAC

  • Putting Prevention on the Line with New Webinar Series

    AVAC is pleased to announce a series of three webinars that will provide advocates with the chance to hear and discuss data—released at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)—in dialogue with researchers and other stakeholders.
    March 4, 2015
    Microbicides, PrEP
    AVAC

  • How CROI 2015 Restored My Hope

    Michael C. Webb, Jr. serves as a Prevention Supervisor for Legacy Community Health Services' Public Health Department. As prevention supervisor, Michael oversees daily operations of HIV/STD prevention and empowerment outreach activities for Legacy's mPowerment program. He participated in a pilot program for community delegates at CROI.
    March 3, 2015
    General
    Michael C. Webb, Jr.

  • Personal Reflections from the 2015 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

    John Curry, peer educator working on HIV outreach services for Unconditional Love, Inc. reflects on his experience and what he learned attending CROI 2015.
    March 3, 2015
    John Curry

  • Essential Power(ful) Points from CROI: Community Delegates’ Blogs

    Don’t miss the rich, varied, thoughtful and opinionated blogs that have been written by advocates and activists working on the frontline of the AIDS epidemic in the US and globally. These blogs were written by delegates participating in a pilot program that launched at this year’s CROI conference.
    March 2, 2015
    General
    AVAC

  • Cardiovascular Disease in HIV Patients: An Emerging Paradigm and Call to Action

    At CROI 2015 we heard a lot about intermittent use of PrEP, PrEP on demand and vaginal microbicides. However, there is still the issue of HIV and cardiovascular disease which has been with us for decades and still the need for research.
    March 2, 2015
    General
    Jeffrey Pope

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