In 2017, reported funding for HIV prevention R&D decreased by 3.5 percent (US$40 million) from the previous year, falling to US$1.13 billion. The full report, HIV Prevention Research & Development Investments 2017: Investing to end the epidemic, is available for download. And all the graphics are available as well.
Global HIV Prevention R&D Investment by Technology Category, 2000-2017
HIV Prevention R&D Trial Participants by Region in 2017
Participation of volunteers and the engagement of communities in which trials take place is essential to conducting HIV prevention research. In 2017, there were nearly 600,000 participants in HIV prevention research trials globally, mostly originating from sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, North America and Asia. A majority of participants were enrolled in research investigating TasP and PrEP, and while there are trials aimed specifically at men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender individuals and people who inject drugs, most of the studies do not specify the need to include members of key populations.
The full report, HIV Prevention Research & Development Investments 2017: Investing to end the epidemic, is available for download.
Investment in HIV Prevention R&D by Top Philanthropic Funders in 2017
Global philanthropic funding increased by 4.1 percent from 2016 levels and amounted to US$164 million, or 14.6 percent of overall funding. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) remained the largest funder and increased its contribution by 6.6 percent, to US$150.2 million. Wellcome Trust investment fell for the fifth consecutive year to an annual US$2 million.
The full report, HIV Prevention Research & Development Investments 2017: Investing to end the epidemic, is available for download.
Investment in Women-Focused PrEP R&D, 2017
Out of the US$63 million invested in PrEP overall, US$16 million (or 25 percent) was for research explicitly focused on women. Most of this research was preclinical, with an emphasis on discreet products with long-acting formulations, e.g., PrEP implant studies and long-acting injectables. Almost 30 percent of the implementation studies focused on the uptake of and adherence to oral PrEP in high-risk women, and 15 percent focused on PrEP for pregnant and breastfeeding women.
The full report, HIV Prevention Research & Development Investments 2017: Investing to end the epidemic, is available for download. And all the graphics are available as well.
HIV Prevention Research & Development Investments 2017: Investing to end the epidemic
This annual accounting of funding for biomedical HIV prevention research tracks trends and identifies gaps in investment. In 2017, reported funding for HIV prevention R&D decreased by 3.5 percent (US$40 million) from the previous year, falling to US$1.13 billion (Figure 2). This is the fifth consecutive year of decreasing annual investment, with 2017 levels representing the lowest funding since 2005.
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Anatomy of a Target
It’s been four years since AVAC advanced these criteria for effective targets in our 2014/15 Report, Prevention on the Line. Then, we identified targets that have advanced the field and ones that have fallen short. Today’s prevention crisis exists in part because the primary prevention targets set by UNAIDS didn’t meet these criteria. Targets for primary prevention are still essential, but they won’t get met without demand creation work, such as we describe in this section. It’s not too late to recalibrate resources and commitment.
Annual Number of VMMCs, 2008-2017
AVAC’s take on milestone events and impact on VMMC numbers.
Global Number of New HIV Infections, 2000-2017 and 2020 Target
1.3 million person gap between the current rate and the 2020 target.
Kenya’s HIV Prevention Revolution Roadmap
From the Kenyan Ministry of Health, here’s Kenya’s HIV prevention roadmap — counting down to 2030.
Public Health is Personal
What gets measured gets funded, the adage goes. What would happen if communities demanded measurements of individual and collective health and well-being that have nothing to do with a retrovirus or a specific sex act, and everything to do with human dignity, comfort and safety in one’s own skin—a comfort that’s hard-fought in racist, sexist, homo– and trans-phobic nations? Imagine a world in which this cascade counted as much as 90-90-90. Let’s work to make it a reality.