AVAC is excited to be working with civil society and research partners across the globe on a number of community events to commemorate HIV Vaccine Awareness Day.
We encourage your participation if you live near any one of them! If you would like more information about an an event or if you have your own that you would like us to include on our list, please contact us at avac@avac.org.
Also a statement from the Vaccine Interest Group in Uganda was published in The New Vision and The Daily Monitor newspapers. Take a look.
See HIV Vaccine Awareness Day events below:
New Prevention Interventions and Relevance to the MSM Community in Beijing, China
Date and Location: May 18, Beijing, China
Event Organizer: Cai Lingping, China HIV/AIDS Information Network (CHAIN)
HIV Prevention Activists on Vaccines
Date and Location: Date TBD, Nairobi, Kenya
Event Organizer: Lucy Ghati, National Empowerment Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya (NEPHAK)
Creating Awareness on HIV Vaccines Among Sex Workers
Date and Location: May 18, Nairobi, Kenya
Event Organizer: Grace Kamau, Bar Hostess Empowerment and Support Program (BHESP)
HIV Vaccines for HIV Prevention: The Past, Present and Future
Date and Location: May 17, Kisumu, Kenya
Event Organizer: Simon Odiwuor
Medical Camp Highlighting the Need for Vaccines
Date and Location: June 1, Kisumu, Kenya
Event Organizer: Dr Stella Njuguna, KEMRI-RCTP
Community HIV Vaccine Research Literacy in Jos, Nigeria
Date and Location: Date TBD, Jos, Nigeria
Event Organizer: Morenike Ukpong, The New HIV Vaccine and Microbicide Advocacy Society (NHVMAS)
HIV Prevention Roundtable
Date and Location: May 23, Lagos, Nigeria
Event Organizer: Francis Umoh, Positive Action for Treatment Access (PATA)
Civil Society Symposium on Vaccine Research
Date and Location: May 17, Cape Town, South Africa
Event Organizer: Ntando Yola, Networking HIV/AIDS Community of South Africa (NACOSA)
One-Day Workshop Raising Awareness on the Importance of Vaccines, Particularly HIV Vaccines for Adults
Date and Location: May 23, Durban, South Africa
Event Organizer: Gethwana Mahlase, Zimnandi Zonke
One-Day HIV Vaccine Awareness Day Session
Date and Location: May 17, Durban, South Africa
Event Organizer: Tabita Mahlangeni, Medical Research Council/HIV Prevention Research Unit
A Series of HIV Vaccine Community Events
Date and Location: May 17, Johannesburg, South Africa
Event Organizer: Nomampondo Barnabas, Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU)
Researcher and Community Roundtable
Date and Location: May 18, Bangkok, Thailand
Event Organizer: Udom Likhitwonnawut, Thai NGO Coalition on AIDS (TNCA)
Stakeholder Roundtable Discussion on AIDS Vaccine Research in Uganda
Date and Location: May 17, Kampala, Uganda
Event Organizer: Richard Hasunira, Uganda Civil Society Coalition
A Series of Radio Segments and Community Dialogue on HIV Vaccines
Date and Location: May 16 & 18, Kampala, Uganda
Event Organizer: Moses Supercharger Nsubuga, Stigmaless Band
Real Talk: What’s This I Hear About an HIV Vaccine?
Date and Location: May 17, Los Angeles, US
Event Organizer: Kieta D. Mutepfa, UCLA CARE Center
Vaccine-o-licious
Date and Location: May 5, New York City, US
Event Organizer: DaShawn Usher, Project ACHIEVE
Biomedical Interventions for an AIDS-Free Generation – Community Forum on Local PrEP and Vaccine Research
Date and Location: May 15, Oakland, US
Event Organizer: Rob Newells, Imani Community Church
A Series of Community Events on HIV Vaccine Awareness
Date and Location: May 18, Lusaka, Zambia
Event Organizer: Clever Chilende, Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign (TALC)
Media and Advocate’s Training on HIV Vaccines
Date and Location: May 16, Harare, Zimbabwe
Event Organizer: Munyaradzi Chimwara, KAIROS Zimbabwe
Sensitizing Community on the Value of HIV Vaccine Research
Date and Location: May 21, Harare, Zimbabwe
Event Organizer: Tendayi Westerhof, Womens Health, HIV and AIDS Southern Africa
Live Radio Talk Shows Focusing on Vaccines (Radio Simba, Top Radio and Radio One)
Date and Location: Staring May 14 through Week of May 20), Kampala, Uganda
Event Organizer: Dr Hannah Kibuuka and Lillian Mutengu, Makerere University Walter Reed Program
A Series of Events for Civil Society and the Media (including a Media Dialogue on HIV Vaccines)
Date and Location: May 16 & May 17, Kampala, Uganda
Event Organizer: Monica Millard and Lillian Mutengu, Makerere University Walter Reed Program
Live TV Talk Shows Focusing on Vaccines (NTV and Channel44 Television)
Date and Location: Week of May 20, Kampala, Uganda
Event Organizer: Monica Millard and Lillian Mutengu, Makerere University Walter Reed Program