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  • Good COPs or Bad COPs 2.0: Advocacy to Ensure the Prioritization of TB in 2019 PEPFAR Country Operational Plans (COPs)

    January 23, 2019

    Back by popular demand! As tuberculosis (TB) is the leading global killer of people living with HIV, TB programming must be prioritized and integrated within life-saving bilateral efforts such as PEPFAR. The expected release of the PEPFAR Country Operational Plans (COPs) provides a critical opportunity for advocates to ensure that the latest developments in TB treatment, prevention and diagnostics are implemented within PEPFAR countries.

  • Breaking the Cycle of Transmission: Understanding effective HIV prevention among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa

    November 27, 2018

    On Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 8-10am EST (3-5pm SAST) there was a webinar that provided an update on an exciting human-centred design project focused on better understanding and designing HIV prevention programs for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa.

  • HIV Drug Therapy Glasgow 2018

    October 28, 2018 to October 31, 2018

    The program is of interest to clinical investigators from across the globe to review current research and to discuss its implications for HIV management strategies. In addition to looking at these treatment issues, the Congress is moving into areas, such as prevention, with time in the program focused on PrEP and issues across Europe and beyond.

  • HIV R4P 2018

    October 21, 2018 to October 25, 2018

    Whether you attended the conference in Madrid or followed the action from afar, AVAC kept you connected! Read on for information on AVAC sessions, a sortable roadmap, the Advocates’ Corner and more!

  • Whose Choice is it Anyway?

    October 1, 2018

    On Monday, October 1st, IRMA and AVAC led a lively discussion on the BRAND NEW IRMA report titled: Whose Choice is it Anyway? Analysis of Comments to and Responses from NIH’s 2017 “Refining the Research Enterprise” Request for Input on Research Priorities. (How’s that for the longest report title in the world?)

  • Swish or Insert Then Flirt: An update on rectal microbicides

    September 17, 2018

    On Thursday, September 17, IRMA and AVAC hosted this global teleconference which discussed rectal microbicide studies underway and being planned that incorporate common anal sex practices, focusing on the development of gels, douches, fast-dissolving rectal tablets (inserts) and suppositories – options that recognize the complexity of sex, human nature, pleasure and HIV.

  • AIDS 2018

    July 23, 2018 to July 27, 2018

    The 22nd International AIDs Conference (AIDS 2018) was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from 23-28 July 2018 and brought together 18,000 participants from around the globe.

  • Webinar: HVAD 2018

    May 17, 2018

    On Thursday, May 17, AVAC’s HVAD 2018 webinar told the story of the current state of HIV vaccine research from two perspectives. Dr. Sandhya Vasan of the Military HIV Research Program in Thailand provided her perspectives on the world of HIV vaccine research since RV144: where have we come and where are we going? Mark Hubbard, a veteran vaccine advocate and community representative for HIV research in Nashville, Tennessee offered his take from a community and advocacy perspective: what are today’s current success and challenges, and how are community members pushing the HIV vaccine agenda?

  • Webinar: Vaccine and Cure Research in Europe: the EHVA and HIVACAR Consortiums

    April 23, 2018

    AVAC PxROAR Europe presents a webinar introducing European approaches to HIV vaccines and a cure. The European HIV Alliance’s Sheena McCormack will discuss HIV vaccines and the quest to identify immune correlates associated with control of HIV replication and HIVACAR’s Felipe Garcia will discuss research into a therapeutic alternative to “cART for life” (combined antiretroviral therapy).

  • Webinar: Introducing Oral PrEP: A step-by-step framework, tools and updates

    April 18, 2018

    At CROI 2018 we heard stories, saw new data, and had lots of questions about early PrEP rollout. On Wednesday, April 18th, AVAC and partners from Jilinde in Kenya and PZAT in Zimbabwe explored valuable resources for people working to deliver oral PrEP. See below for some of the tools and resources we will explored and discussed during the webinar.

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