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HIV/AIDS: The Search for a Vaccine

Originally aired as part of BBC World’s Kill or Cure? series, this four-minute documentary features AIDS specialists, researchers, and community workers discussing the impact of HIV/AIDS on their communities and their efforts to find a solution to the epidemic.

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Why the world needs an AIDS vaccine

Despite the international community's best efforts, the toll from AIDS continues to mount. In 2007, more than 33 million people were living with HIV worldwide. Over two million people became newly infected with HIV and an estimated 2.1 million lost their lives to AIDS.

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What is a vaccine?

A vaccine is a substance that is introduced into the body to prevent infection or to control disease due to a certain pathogen (any disease-causing organism, such as a virus, bacterium or parasite); the vaccine 'teaches' the body how to defend itself against a pathogen by creating an immune response.

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We Are Making Progress on AIDS

In an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal, IAVI President and CEO Seth Berkley challenges the pessimism surrounding recent AIDS vaccine media coverage and states that there are sound scientific reasons to believe we can create a vaccine against AIDS.

New Market Tax Credit Helps Finance IAVI AIDS Vaccine Development Lab Construction

The National Community Fund I, LLC and Greystone CDE, LLC have chosen IAVI’s new AIDS Vaccine Development Laboratory to be the recipient of a New Markets Tax Credit, a financing program designed to spur investment in businesses and create jobs in low-income communities.

IAVI and CHAVI Team Up on AIDS Vaccine Development

The Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology has partnered with IAVI to research four key biological questions hindering the development of an AIDS vaccine.

A Cup of Science, Anyone?

Professor Omu Anzala, director of the Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative, will host Kenya’s first-ever Science Cafe on 17 April in a Nairobi coffee house.

U.S. NIH Sponsors AIDS Vaccine Summit

On March 25, the U.S. National Institutes of Health gathered leaders in HIV vaccine research and development to evaluate the current state of the AIDS vaccine field and determine a course for the future.

Latest AIDS Prevention News

A male circumcision study indicates no HIV-protection for women; another indicates reduction in genital infections. Two herpes suppression trials show treating genital herpes doesn’t reduce risk of HIV infection.

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