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  • Preparing for IAS 2015: Key satellites, prevention roadmap and more

    Held every two years, the IAS Conference on Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention will take place next month in Vancouver, Canada. Here we provide details on several satellite sessions of interest and ways to navigate the conference, both on-site and online.
    June 25, 2015
    AVAC

  • AVAC Team Member Honored at the White House: A champion of refugee rights

    On June 25, Micheal Ighodaro, an AVAC team member and leading activist for the rights of LGBT activists, was honored by the US government as a “Champion of Change” for the rights of refugees.

    June 25, 2015
    General
    Policy
    AVAC

  • Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for Prevention of HIV Infection

    In a column for the Zambia Post, HIV prevention advocate Mannasseh Phiri, thoroughly outlines the case for PrEP and calls for a national discussion on the use of PrEP as part of the Zambian HIV/AIDS response.
    June 21, 2015
    PrEP
    Mannasseh Phiri

  • Keeping an Eye on Phylogenetics

    Last week, the New York Academy of Sciences brought together researchers and public policy makers for a conference on phylogenetics. The purpose of this conference was to discuss the state of the art in the ongoing investigation of how phylogenetic analyses are being used in the context of HIV.
    June 12, 2015
    Heeyoung Sohn

  • Demanding PrEP at SA AIDS 2015: Scenes from an Activist “Smackdown”

    Fifteen years after activists marched for HIV/AIDS treatment access at the International AIDS Conference in Durban in 2000, a group of South African activists are demanding access to PrEP for HIV prevention for all South Africans who need and want it.
    June 11, 2015
    PrEP
    AVAC

  • Federal HIV Research Funding is in Jeopardy!

    As the US Congress begins its 2016 budget process, it appears that HIV/AIDS research funding may be under attack. But as AVAC wrote last month, this would be the worst time to scale back AIDS research; now is a time to prioritize, not cut, HIV/AIDS research. Join hundreds of organizations in signing an open letter to the US Congress.

    June 10, 2015
    AVAC

  • South African AIDS Activists Demand PrEP Now

    As the 7th SA AIDS conference gets underway in Durban, a diverse collection of advocates have assembled to call on the South African Medicines Control Council (MCC) to immediately approve the use of Truvada PrEP. PrEP must be made available and accessible to South Africans who are at heightened risk of infection, and would benefit from an additional tool to prevent HIV. Read the full statement here.
    June 10, 2015
    PrEP
    Yvette Raphael
    Brian Kanyemba
    Ntando Yola
    Ace Robinson

  • Announcing the Call for 2016 Advocacy Fellows

    The Advocacy Fellows program provides support to emerging and mid-career advocates to design and implement advocacy projects focused on biomedical HIV prevention research and implementation activities in their countries and communities. Learn more and spread the word!
    June 9, 2015
    AVAC

  • Advocacy in Action at SA AIDS 2015

    The seventh South African AIDS Conference (SA AIDS) takes place 9-12 June at the International Conference Center in Durban, South Africa. We’ve created a conference roadmap, highlighted a few key sessions and describe ways to link with AVAC and other advocates—both at SA AIDS and from afar.
    June 8, 2015
    AVAC

  • HIV Lifecycle

    ViiV Healthcare, a global specialist HIV company dedicated to delivering advances in treatment and care for people living with HIV, released a new video that illustrates the HIV lifecycle. The short, animated video takes the viewer through HIV infection of a host cell, the inter-cellular replication process and maturation of the virus. To view the video, click here.
    June 1, 2015
    ViiV Healthcare

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