The 5th HIV Research for Prevention (R4P) conference is being held in Lima, Peru from 6 to 10 October. Held every two years, HIVR4P is the only global conference to focused exclusively on biomedical HIV prevention, including AIDS vaccines, microbicides, PrEP, treatment as prevention and other approaches.
See below for key topics to follow including AVAC’s roadmap, a dedicated page for events and meetings at the Advocates Corner, and how to navigate social media throughout the conference.
HIVR4P 2024 Roadmap
AVAC’s Roadmap provides a curated map on all things prevention HIVR4P 2024. It’s available as a sortable spreadsheet or PDF.
Satellites and Sessions We’re Following
Sunday, October 6:
- Satellite: Creating a Menu of Options: Early R&D of HIV prevention products for women, the MATRIX way, 08:30 – 10:00
- Satellite: The Continued Relevance of HIV Vaccines in the Age of Long-Acting Antiretrovirals: Insights from India and Sub-Saharan Africa, 10:30 – 12:00
- Satellite: Enhancing service providers’ engagement in PrEP delivery, uptake, and retention in Latin America & the Caribbean, 10:30 – 11:30
- Satellite: The brightest under 30: Celebrating youth voices and promoting meaningful youth engagement in HIV prevention research, 10:30 – 12:00
- Satellite: Catalyzing Progress in the Inclusion of Pregnant and Lactating People in HIV Prevention Research, 12:30 – 14:00
- Satellite: Delivering on the promise: Defining optimal implementation strategies and service delivery packages for the Dual Prevention Pill, 14:30 – 16:00
- Satellite: What’s Really Going to Work in the Lives of AGYW? Innovations in Acceptability and Mobile Health Support Interventions for HIV Prevention, 12:30 – 14:00
- Satellite: Understanding the role and power of advocates and researchers in advancing Discovery Medicine Vaccine Trials (DMVTs) and the development of Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies (bnAbs) for HIV Prevention, 16:30 – 17:30
Monday, October 7:
- Satellite: Leveraging SBR to Engage and Empower communities in HIV Prevention Research, 09:00 – 10:00
- Satellite: Manifest Choice: Enabling a future free of HIV, 10:30 – 11:30
- Satellite: Advancing Good Participatory Practices (GPP) in Research: Enhancing Community Engagement for Impact, 12:30 – 13:30
Tuesday, October 8:
- Oral abstract: The big picture: Global trends in HIV prevention, 11:00 – 12:30
- Symposium: Quo vadis: Future design and conduct of vaccine and bNAb clinical trials, 13:30 – 15:00
- Symposium: Prevention product profiles for future options, including long-acting PrEP formulations and products, 13:30 – 15:00
Wednesday, October 9:
- Symposium: Reducing burdens and barriers to expand the use of HIV prevention options, 13:30 – 15:00
Thursday, October 10:
- Oral abstract: Policy and legal barriers to HIV services, 08:30 – 10:00
- Oral abstract: Driving PrEP implementation through community engaged science, 13:00 – 14:30
Advocates’ Corner
The Advocates’ Corner takes the conversations and themes throughout HIVR4P deeper with advocates, ethicists, regulators and researchers on all things HIV prevention.
Keep updated on the Advocates’ Corner day-to-day schedule by visiting the landing page here.
Social Media
Follow the hashtag #HIVR4P2024 for live updates from Lima.