The AVAC Clinical Trial Design Academy kicks off today in Salima, Malawi. It's inspiring to see diverse communities from across Africa come together to strengthen community advocates' involvement in clinical trial design.

INVITATION🚨 | You are invited to the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Sinead Delany-Moretlwe at WitsUniversity. Title: From stigma to solutions: advances in the prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections Date: 9 September 2024 Time: 17h00 Venue: Marie Curie Lecture

“The ring is a powerful tool that is revolutionary as the first approved, long-acting prevention tool, particularly for women & adolescent girls, who often cannot negotiate condom use and & the pill burden of oral PrEP not discrete enough” - Yvette Raphael nation.africa/kenya/health/v…

🚀 Excited to kick off Day 1 of the Clinical Trial Design Academy II for advocates in Africa. Together, we’re enhancing community engagement in HIV prevention clinical trials. #HIVPrevention #AdvocacyInAction #PRA2024 #CTDA AVAC

WHO says success in the #polio vaccine campaign in Gaza, #mpox vaccines still not reaching affected communities, good news for an #ebola vaccine and more in this week's #PandemicWatch. 🌐 Read the full issue and subscribe to the weekly newsletter here! avac.org/pandemic-watch/

The Clinical Trials Design Academy kicked off today in Malawi with an incredible community of prevention advocates from nine countries! 🇲🇼 Key takeaways from day one included innovations and ethics in trial design and the role that communities advocates play in trials.

On the latest episode of #AdvocacyChronicles, powerhouse advocate Mandisa Dukashe shares one key takeaway for stakeholders and civil society when delivering the message of #UEqualsU. Follow science, not stigma. Listen for more on the full episode! 🎧 avac.org/resource/advoc…

"It is important that we maintain choice, because people do have preferences." — Linda-Gail Bekker, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., on the importance of patient-centered care in the fight against #HIV. bit.ly/3WYbyaT #PrEP #AIDS2024 IAS - the International AIDS Society Linda-Gail Bekker

#Happeningnow ACTS101-Uganda and her partners have organized the Annual Women's Summit, under the theme "Young Women leadership is key to unlocking choice in HIV prevention". ED @KeriaShakie (fame4) giving her opening remarks. #LetWomenlead #GASPR

The Annual ACTS101-Uganda Women’s Summit is happening today # Focuse on university students on understanding the new HIV prevention technologies , selfcare and intergration of HIV/GBV and SRHR PEPFAR USAID AVAC #CASPR Proud member of AGYW forum

Breakaway sessions to discuss and set priorities for AGYWS in HIV, GBV and SRHR #LetWomenLead #CASPR

ICYMI, there were two big news items in the world of #PrEP 🌐 Uganda to receive 10K doses of CAB for PrEP later in the month 🇺🇬 and Japan approves oral PrEP for the first time ever 🇯🇵. Check out this and more only on PrEPWatch.org: prepwatch.org/countries/japa…

Member States heard from experts this week but not enough civil society. We're asking for: 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Meaningful CSO engagement 💰 New obligations 🤝 new funding 💉 Strong PABS system & access conditions for R&D 🌍 Human rights & equity 🦇 Animal health & prevention #PandemicAccord

Pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Geri Donenberg as #NIH Associate Director for AIDS Research & Director of the NIH OAR. She’ll join NIH this October to lead the advancement & coordination of NIH’s HIV/AIDS research. go.nih.gov/AW9WVRy