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HVAD 2022 Webinar: Processes

On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, AVAC and partners held Processes, the second webinar in our HVAD 2022 webinar series. The moderators and panelists discussed the changed landscape of clinical research and the potential for experimental medicine vaccine trials in the current research environment.

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Recording and Slides: YouTube / Robin Shattock’s Slides / Gail Broder’s Slides / Pontiano Kaleebu’s Slides

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HVAD 2022 Webinar: Prospects

On Tuesday, May 31, AVAC and partners held Prospects, the third webinar in our HVAD 2022 webinar series. The moderators and panelists discussed the what we have learned, why it matters and what it means. They looked at recent results in HIV vaccine research and implications for the future, unpacked results from Uhambo and Imbokodo trials and talked about the implications for the current pipeline of products.

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Watch the recording here.

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HVAD 2022 Webinar: Platforms & Pipelines

On Wednesday, May 18, 2022, AVAC and partners held Platforms & Pipelines, the first webinar in our HVAD 2022 webinar series. The moderators and panelists will discussed the miracle of mRNA—its history and potential challenges for HIV vaccines and what’s possible beyond SARS-CoV-2.

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Recording and Slides: YouTube / Nina Russell’s Slides / Bart Haynes’ Slides

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Efficacy is Not the Only HIV Prevention Attribute that Matters – Lessons from Contraception

With Dominika Seidman, University of California San Francisco. For more details on The Choice Agenda and information on other calls, visit avac.org/choice-agenda.

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The Research Says Yes, YES, YES – Just Like That

Featuring Anne Philpott, Joao Alves, and Christine Curley. For more details on The Choice Agenda and information on other calls, visit avac.org/choice-agenda.

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Communities and Civil Society Webinar on the Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response

Following the World Bank Directors on June 30th, this webinar moderated by GFAN Director Katy Kydd Wright and co-hosted by AVAC, Equal, Friends of the Global Fight, Frontline AIDS and the Joep Lange Institute; we will:

  • Share information and the latest intelligence on what the PPPR FIF is & where it is headed
  • Explore the key principles communities & CSO’s have been advocating for
  • Contribute to the development of a clear vision of what the PPPR FIF we want to see is

Register here.

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AIDS 2022

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The world’s largest conference on HIV/AIDS, AIDS 2022, convenes July 27-August 2 in Montreal, Canada, (register for the full conference and the pre-conference). Hosted by the International AIDS Society, this 24th session of the conference will be the first since the pandemic to offer in-person and virtual access.

AIDS 2022 launches at a pivotal moment in HIV prevention. The ability to deliver two new proven PrEP methods will be determined by conversations and decisions happening now. These decisions will impact policies and funding for products in the pipeline and programs to deliver what’s available today for HIV prevention. It’s time to sharpen the agenda for HIV prevention and global health equity. AIDS 2022 will offer opportunities to engage in these conversations while getting up to date on the latest research, rollout, policy and advocacy.

Below AVAC has gathered resources to help you navigate the conference overall and find the sessions on prevention that we hope will interest you, keep you informed, and support conversations that will shape the future of the global response to HIV.

Resources

  • Use AVAC’s Prevention Roadmap for a curated map on all things prevention at AIDS2022. You can download it as a sortable spreadsheet or PDF.
  • AVAC’s Research-to-Rollout Literacy Networking Zone will offer in-person and virtual programming. See the schedule.
  • Follow events in real time on Twitter at #AIDS2022. See AVAC’s comments and updates by following us at @HIVpxresearch, find updates on this page throughout the conference, and get the latest news from our friends at NAM/aidsmap who will be reporting throughout the conference.

Panels, Satellites, Sessions and Workshops Featuring AVAC and Partners

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Friday, July 29

  • [Satellite] Next Generation PrEP: Science, policy, and community impact
    18:15-19:45 EDT

    How do clinical trials assess efficacy of new and still-needed experimental products, with highly effective options available to the public? This session explores the need to bring key stakeholders including communities, industry and regulators to questions such as: How do regulators approach groundbreaking new trial designs in HIV prevention? How do these trial designs affect patients in the trials and those that may benefit from candidate drugs?

Saturday, July 30

  • [Symposium] Equitable roll out of health products: What will it take?
    14:15-15:15 EDT

    Discussing innovative strategies, collaborative partnerships and transparent processes that engage advocates, government agencies, policy makers, government and non-governmental funders, regulatory bodies and pharmaceutical companies and result in equitable access to new products, the key to achieving rapid and effective product rollout.

Sunday, July 31

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Monday, August 1

Watch this space for new opportunities to come together and shape what happens next!

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CROI and Community and YOU – Preparing for CROI 2023

Join the CROI 2023 Conference Co-chairs, the Community Liaison Subcommittee (CLS), researchers, community educators and advocates from around the world for an informal conversation about the next CROI conference (the 30th anniversary of CROI), how advocates can optimize their engagement with CROI, and key dates and deadlines to put on your calendars. We will also share insights on the qualities that make a successful Community Scholarship application.

The 30th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), scheduled for February 19 to 22, 2023, is currently planned as an in-person conference with an option for virtual participation for most sessions. The in-person component, hosted in Seattle, Washington, US, will feature additional sessions and networking opportunities for those attending in-person. The best and most consequential original research will define the science at CROI 2023, including research in HIV, hepatitis viruses, SARS-CoV-2, monkeypox, and other viral infections and their related conditions.

Dr. James Hoxie is chair of the 2023 CROI Planning Committee, and the 2023 vice-chairs are Drs. Diane Havlir and Landon Myer. CLS members include Dawn Averitt, Ntando Yola and Jim Pickett.

Register here.

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RINGing The Bell for Choice: Actions and Solutions on Dapivirine Ring Access

Please join us to hear the latest updates from African advocates leading the advocacy for access to the dapivrine ring. Plus tune in for the Population Council’s plans for moving the ring forward on multiple fronts, from roll-out of the monthly ring to research around the 3-month ring and multipurpose ring.

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Trans Manifesto Roadshop Webinar

AVAC in collaboration with the Key Population Transnational Collaboration (KP-TNC) is glad to invite you to the Trans Manifesto Roadshow Webinar. This webinar will be facilitated by Brian Minalga, Leigh Ann and Cindra of AVAC.

The webinar will disseminate a Transgender Manifesto that is written and informed by trans and gender-diverse (TGD) activists from Cape Town to Berlin, with support and solidarity from AVAC. The manifesto demonstrats that lack of transgender data in HIV research and other interventions is detrimental to HIV response in the overral exposing trans populations to greater risks. The research culminated to a Manifesto for the Transgender that requests all HIV interventions not to ignore the reality of data for the trans populations with a call of NO DATA NO MORE! Kindly download the Trans Manifesto here.

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About the Facilitators

Brian Minalga
Brian Minalga works at the intersections of HIV research, public health, and community advocacy. Brian focuses especially on representation as it relates to scientific integrity and prioritizing the communities with the greatest need. Having worked in the fields of HIV, social work, education, and dance in locations ranging from Seattle to Detroit and Namibia to Niger, Brian brings a global and interdisciplinary perspective to their work. Brian is gender nonbinary and uses any pronouns (they, she, he, etc).

Leigh-Ann van der Merwe
Leigh-Ann van der Merwe is a self-identified trans woman of colour from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. She is the founder and director of Social, Health & Empowerment Feminist Collective of Transgender Women of Africa. Leigh-Ann is also a researcher who has published in local and international academic journals on transgender women and HIV, and trans/feminism.

Cindra Feuer
Cindra is a Senior Program Manager for Partnerships and Capacity Strengthening at AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention. She co-manages its various advocacy programs in the US, Europe and Africa. Cindra held staff positions at POZ and HIV Plus magazines, covering the pandemic both domestically and internationally. She also worked with various groups including the Lesbian Avengers and Sex Panic!, a sexual activism group dedicated to pro-queer, pro-sex worker and anti-racist campaigns for sexual freedom in the age of HIV and AIDS.