Global Investment in HIV Cure Research & Development in 2021

A decade of progress

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Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention (VMMC): An introductory factsheet

This introductory 2-page document explains how VMMC works, reviews the scientific evidence behind it, and outlines key advocacy issues for implementing it.

Trial Trial Again: Getting research right for adolescents

Both research and advocacy for HIV prevention are intensifying their focus on young people. Bringing interventions that work for this population holds unique challenges.

In this episode of AVAC’s Px Pulse podcast series, AVAC’s Manju Chatani-Gada explores how and why prevention research must reach the next generation.

Community Involvement in HIV Prevention Research: Experiences and perceptions of communities participating in the MDP 301 microbicide trial in Masaka, Uganda

This case study by 2010 AVAC Advocacy Fellow Richard Hasunira assesses the community engagement efforts of the Masaka trial site through interviews with participants, trial staff, and other stakeholders. It highlights success that other trials should replicate and lessons learned from shortcomings.

Ugandan Service Provider Perspectives on the WHO Recommendation on Hormonal Contraceptives and HIV Risk

This abstract poster, developed by 2012 AVAC Advocacy Fellow Lydia Mulwanyi-Mukombe and her Host, Lillian Mworeko, describes key findings from consultations with Uganda service providers. It reports how providers were planning to use the new WHO guidance and makes recommendations for how to protect and inform women in light of the potential HIV risk associated with hormonal contraceptive use.

Letter to Ambassador Goosby on PEPFAR and the national response to HIV in Uganda in 2012-13

This letter, written by a coalition of civil society groups co-led by AVAC Advocacy Fellows Alice Kayong-Mutebi, Richard Hasunira and Sylvia Nakasi, summarizes concerns and demands related to the US PEPFAR program’s 2012 Country Operating Plan. A country operating plan dictates the scope, funding levels and targets of PEPFAR programming on an annual basis.

The Change We Need to End AIDS in Uganda: A civil society analysis of the state of Uganda’s AIDS response

This document, developed by a coalition of civil society groups co-led by AVAC Advocacy Fellows Alice Kayong-Mutebi, Richard Hasunira and Sylvia Nakasi, identifies failures in the Ugandan AIDS response and a 10-point plan to end the country’s epidemic.