This webinar focused on “passive immunization”—a scientific term for an expanding area of research that’s highly relevant to treatment, prevention and cure work. There are trials in humans happening in many regions of the world—and data are beginning to come in that advocates need to understand, analyze and consider. The webinar featured Dr. Sarah Schlesinger (Rockefeller University) who provided an overview of recent developments across the field including new published data.
New Frontiers in HIV Prevention, Treatment and Cure: An advocate’s webinar on passive immunization
Vaccine Research: An overview
This graphic shows the big picture of AIDS vaccine concepts and clinical trials in process and on the horizon. It is an internationally simplified representation of a complex field. Some approaches are not listed, and related arenas like and cure research are omitted.
Additional Vaccine Approaches
A range of vaccine approaches are being tested in early phase clinical trials. This table provides highlights of this area of vaccine research.
Vaccine Research Developing Programs
This graphic provides a state of the field on vaccine research development programs, giving details on the Pox-Protein Public-Private Partnership trials testing canarypox-protein based vaccine candidates and the Jannssen development program of Ad26 vector + Mosaic immunogen vaccine strategy.
After FACTS: What’s next for HIV prevention in women?
FACTS 001, which released data at CROI, found no evidence of protection overall associated with the vaginal gel. Partners Demonstration Project, which reported data at the same meeting, found that serodiscordant couples using oral PrEP and/or ART had very low levels of HIV transmission. In this webinar, we discussed what these and other data meant for women, including young and adolescent girls.
AVAC Report 2014/15: HIV Prevention on the Line
In AVAC Report 2014/15: HIV Prevention on the Line, we take on the current state of global targets for the AIDS response, looking beyond pithy slogans to explore what’s in place and what’s not in terms of targets, resources and action to begin to end the AIDS epidemic. We also provide concise updates and calls to action on key prevention interventions including AIDS vaccines, voluntary medical male circumcision, microbicides, PrEP, and hormonal contraception use and HIV risk.
Intervention Update: Hormonal Contraception and HIV
Excerpted from AVAC Report: HIV Prevention on the Line, this update describes recent discussion and analysis in the search for answers as to whether hormonal contraceptives, including long-acting methods such as Depo-Provera (DPMA) and other injectable contraceptives and the implant, affect women’s risk of acquiring HIV.
Intervention Update: Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
Excerpted from AVAC Report: HIV Prevention on the Line, this update cites the success of a previous VMMC target and suggests the current lack of a target moving forward will stifle continued progress.
Intervention Update: What’s Next for AIDS Vaccines and the P5 Partnership?
Excerpted from AVAC Report: HIV Prevention on the Line, this update details attempts to test vaccine strategy which showed promise in the RV144 trial.
Mind the Gap
This graphic, presented in the AVAC Report 2014/15: HIV Prevention on the Line, shows all the components of a comprehensive response to end the epidemic.