This study of 760 men who have sex with men in China, conducted by 2013 AVAC Advocacy Fellow Cai Lingping, finds high acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis. The survey also assessed how well informed respondents were about PrEP and examined factors that would make them more or less willing to take it.
Online CHAIN MSM Survey: Willingness and influencing factors for usage of PrEP among MSM
HIV Civil Society Recommendations for Kenya’s New Health Secretary and Global Fund Application
This letter, written by a civil society coalition co-led by 2013 AVAC Advocacy Fellow Maureen Milanga, summarizes concerns and demands related to Kenya’s 2013 application to the Global Fund. The letter was sent during the Global Fund’s transition to its New Funding Model and includes guidance to the Government of Kenya on how to navigate the new system to secure support for ambitious treatment scale-up in the wake of new WHO treatment guidelines.
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.
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.
MUWRP/AVAC: Biomedical HIV Prevention Research Stakeholder Training Resource
This manual, developed by 2010 AVAC Advocacy Fellow Jauhara Nanyondo, is an HIV prevention literacy tool intended to improve reporting by Ugandan media. It covers background information on HIV, provides an overview of existing and emerging prevention options, and discusses clinical research process and ethics.
2005 AVAC Report: AIDS Vaccines at the Crossroads
This year’s Report offers recommendations for the field in general, the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, policy makers, researchers and communities. Some of these recommendations will be familiar because AVAC has made them before, and they are reiterated because it is AVAC’s belief that they are still needed. The Report also provides an update on tenofovir pre-exposure prophylaxis research.
2004 AVAC Report: AIDS Vaccine Trials: Getting the Global House in Order
This year’s Report focuses on how the field is readying itself for the road ahead. Several chapters address different aspects of “readiness”—a term that means different things to different people, but that is at the heart of the AIDS vaccine advocacy agenda today.
2013 AVAC Report: Research and Reality
Research & Reality calls on funders and researchers to capitalize on lessons learned from a range of recent HIV prevention trials via better problem solving, more critical thinking and coordinated action. This year’s AVAC Report identifies progress and gaps in large-scale human trials, rollout of proven options and ongoing research for new advances that women and men will want to use.
2012 AVAC Report: Achieving the End—One Year and Counting
AVAC Report 2012, Achieving the End—One Year and Counting, sets a clock on the global drive to end the AIDS epidemic. The past twelve months have seen remarkable global consensus that it is possible to begin to end the epidemic. The same time period has seen concepts like “combination prevention” and “treatment as prevention” capture the world’s attention. But without specific interim goals—and far more precision about what combination prevention and other key concepts mean—the lofty goal of ending the epidemic will not be achieved.
2011 AVAC Report: The End?
The AVAC Report 2011, The End?, lays out a three-part, science-based agenda for ending the AIDS epidemic in our lifetimes. It synthesizes the actions need across the spectrum of existing, emerging and long-term biomedical HIV prevention tools that could change the AIDS response forever. This year’s Report also introduces the AVAC “Playbook” which is a new strategic document identifying global and organizational priorities for the year 2012.