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2024 Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence in HIV Prevention Research Community Advocacy Presented to Advocate who is Raising the Research Profile of Latin America 

2024 Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence in HIV Prevention Research Community Advocacy Presented to Advocate who is Raising the Research

October 2024


National PrEP Advocates Applaud CDC PrEP Pilot Launch

Advocates applaud the announcement of the five jurisdictions to receive funding as part of a first-of-its-kind Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) PrEP pilot. The initiative has the potential to show how a National PrEP Program, as championed by advocacy organizations all over the US, could transform equitable PrEP access by greatly simplifying cost coverage, expanding access to providers, and creating more effective and community-driven education and awareness initiatives. PrEP4All, PrEP in Black America, HIVMA, and AVAC stand ready to work alongside key stakeholders in the five jurisdictions chosen—Baltimore, Houston, Florida, Oklahoma, and South Carolina—and provide insights from the last three years of multi-stakeholder discussions led by our organizations.

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October 2024


AVAC Calls on Gilead and Global Stakeholders to Accelerate Access to Generic Lenacapavir Following License Agreements

AVAC welcomes Gilead Sciences’ announcement in granting multiple, non-exclusive licenses to generic manufacturers to produce lenacapavir, their investigational twice-a-year injectable for PrEP, while it is still in clinical trials. This reflects longstanding community advocates’ calls to speed up access to PrEP options immediately following regulatory approval.  

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October 2024


Second Pivotal Trial of Twice-Yearly HIV Prevention Injection Safe and Highly Effective: PURPOSE 2 Trial Among Gay Men, Trans and Nonbinary People  

AVAC welcomes the groundbreaking results of the PURPOSE 2 HIV prevention study of twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir for PrEP among 3,200 cisgender men, transgender men, transgender women, and nonbinary individuals who have sex with partners...

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September 2024


Heeding Community Advocates’ Calls, CDC Funds PrEP Pilot Program, Allows Funds to Pay for Generic Medications

For media inquiries contact Michael Chancley at Michael@PrEP4All.org  Tuesday, August 6th, 2024 – For the first time ever, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will allow for funding to pay for generic PrEP medications as part of...

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August 2024


Landmark Trial in South Africa and Uganda Finds Twice Yearly HIV Prevention Injection Safe and Highly Effective

Adding additional HIV prevention options means more people may find an option that is right for them. Beyond expanded choice, a twice-yearly injection has the potential to transform the way we deliver HIV prevention to people who need and want it most.

June 2024


Funding for HIV Survives Extreme Cuts Proposed By House Republicans

Final FY24 Bill Includes Calls for HHS/CDC to Increase PrEP Access 21 March 2024 – PrEP4All, AVAC, HIVMA, and the PrEP in Black America coalition celebrate Congress’ decision to both fund domestic HIV programs at the same level as last year...

March 2024


New COMPASS Governance Structure to Accelerate HIV Policy and Advocacy

AVAC and Pangaea Zimbabwe are thrilled to announce Pangaea Zimbabwe's new leadership of COMPASS Africa, a historic milestone in the development of innovative models for power-sharing in coalition and an important step toward decolonizing global...

January 2024


The Search for an HIV Vaccine Must Continue

New York, 6 December 2023 – Today the PrEPVacc trial team announced at a special session at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) in Harare, Zimbabwe, that they were stopping vaccinations in the...

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December 2023


AVAC Applauds the Selection of Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo as New Director of NIAID  

AVAC enthusiastically applauds the selection of Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, to serve as the new director of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and infectious Disease (NIAID). Dr. Marrazzo brings unparalleled leadership and research expertise to this pivotal role at NIAID, which oversees some of the largest investments to advance research on HIV and sexually transmitted infections in the world, at such a critical moment in global health science and politics. 

August 2023


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