Email Updates

You are here

Home

AVAC's Blog: P-Values

  • A FRESH Look at Basic HIV Cure Research

    A report on the South Africa-based FRESH study (Females Rising through Education, Support and Health) which is using a comprehensive approach to participants’ lives, while seeking to study very early HIV infection.

    March 21, 2016
    Cure
    Jessica Salzwedel

  • Move On Down the Road: The vaginal dapivirine ring will enter open-label extension trial

    The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced that it would move forward with an open-label extension (OLE) study of a vaginal ring for HIV prevention. This welcome development is the latest step in the journey of a unique, woman-controlled prevention option.

    March 14, 2016
    Microbicides, PrEP
    AVAC

  • CROI, For the First Time

    Yvette Raphael is currently working at the Centre for Communication Impact (formerly JHHESA). She is a founding member of the new Advocacy for Prevention of HIV and AIDS (APHA) in South Africa, a former AVAC Advocacy Fellow and a leader in the country’s HIV prevention movement for young women. She tells us what it's like to be a first-time visitor to CROI. This blog is one in a series written by community scholars who attended CROI 2016.

    March 10, 2016
    Cure, Microbicides, Treatment
    Yvette Raphael

  • CROI for the Community

    Rob Newells, Executive Director of the AIDS Project of East Bay and founder of the HIV program at Imani Community Church, writes of the takeaways from CROI 2016 that he plans to bring back to his community. This blog is one in a series written by community scholars who attended CROI 2016.
    March 10, 2016
    Microbicides, PrEP, Treatment
    Rob Newells

  • Context Matters: Key Thoughts from CROI 2016

    Josephine Ayankoya works for the San Francisco Department of Health’s Bridge HIV program and is a member of AVAC’s PxROAR program. Here she reflects on disproportionate impact HIV has on marginalized and stigmatized populations. This blog is one in a series written by community scholars who attended CROI 2016.

    March 10, 2016
    PrEP, Treatment
    Josephine Oluwaseun Ayankoya

  • Push

    Julie Patterson is an HIV prevention research advocate and public health professional who lives in Northeast Ohio. After attending CROI, she urges advocates to take the research findings presented at the conference as a starting point and to push for what's next. This blog is one in a series written by community scholars who attended CROI 2016.

    March 7, 2016
    Microbicides
    Julie Patterson

  • Making Space for Community Educators and Activists at CROI

    Ntando is the Community Engagement Coordinator at the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, a co-convener of Advocacy for Prevention of HIV and AIDS (APHA) and an AVAC Fellow Alumni. He writes that, despite being a scientific and research focused conference, it is imperative that community representatives attend CROI. This blog is one in a series written by community scholars who attended CROI 2016.

    March 1, 2016
    General
    Ntando Yola

  • CROI Round-Up; Post-Conference Webinar Series

    Lots of news came out of the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. Read on for full coverage of the conference and for details on our post-conference webinar series.

    February 29, 2016
    Cure, Microbicides, PrEP, Treatment

  • Medical Distrust: The Real Reason for PrEP Misgivings in the Black Community

    Minister and AIDS Project of the East Bay Executive Director Rob Newells reflects on how to talk about PrEP with black gay men—and that even with the right messages, the messenger (and how the message is delivered) matters.

    February 26, 2016
    PrEP
    Robert Newells

  • Finally, You Can Put a Ring On It!

    Anna Miti, a 2015 AVAC fellow and Zimbabwean broadcast journalist, writes in her blog about the dapivirine vaginal ring results. She talks about next steps for the ring and how there is a need now to advocate for all stakeholders to call for the expedition of the process to make the ring available to those who need it. This blog is one in a series written by community scholars who attended CROI 2016.

    February 26, 2016
    Microbicides
    Anna Miti

Pages

view more