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Celebrating a culture of love every day at AVAC, but especially today, International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. #IDAHOT

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AVAC will continue to speak out against immoral & anti-public health decisions. #TrumpGlobalGag

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Deeply saddened by the loss of an #HIVprevention pioneer, Gita Ramjee. She was a tireless champion of science, research, women's reproductive health and rights -- and may we all build on her legacy and make her calling, her dream a reality

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Just in! The 2024 AVAC Advocacy Fellows applications are now open! Help us spread the word as we kick-off recruiting our 13th class of advocates. Learn more about the application process, what's new in 2024, and save the date for our two infosessions here!

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📢Calling all early-career advocates. Our 2024 Advocacy Navigator program is now accepting applications. Join us Feb. 13 for an info session about this incredible skills-building program, . @D_Moraa @AliceKayongo @ghati_lucy

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“We dream of a fair world where no one misses out on the health services they need because of who they are, where they live, or how much money they have.” @DrTedros #WHS2022

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#TonyFauci left huge shoes to fill as leader of @NIAIDNews , and Jeanne Marrazzo is the perfect person to build for the future. She's a distinguished physician, researcher AND advocate, and we are at AVAC are so excited to work with her in this role!

NIH selects Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo as director of the National Institute

Dr. Marrazzo expected to begin her role as NIAID Director in the Fall.

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#PEPFAR is one of the best examples of bipartisan U.S. global leadership. Its impact has been astonishing. That’s why we are #ProudOfPEPFAR .

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This morning @PEPFAR and @UNAIDS hosted a roundtable to commemorate the 35th #WorldAIDSDay . Thank you @SenBillCassidy for kicking off this commemoration with a call for a clean five-year reauthorization. #ProudofPEPFAR

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Thank you @POTUS for mentioning @PEPFAR during #SOTU2023 and for its reauthorization two decades after its launch in 2003! PEPFAR is one of the single most effective health programs in the US saving 25M lives delivering low-cost HIV treatment and prevention drugs across the globe

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JUST IN – Disappointing news. The Mosaico trial, a large-scale HIV vaccine study, was ended early due to non-efficacy. Read more and join on 1/25 for a global webinar with @HelpEndHIV to breakdown this news and discuss next steps in HIV vaccine research.

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#ECHOStudy results: #DepoProvera , an Injectable Contraceptive, Does Not Raise #HIV Risk. The hormone shot — popular among African women who must use birth control in secret — is as safe as other methods, scientists reported.

Depo-Provera, an Injectable Contraceptive, Does Not Raise H.I.V. Risk (Published 2019)

The hormone shot — popular among African women who must use birth control in secret — is as safe as other methods, scientists reported.

www.nytimes.com

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If you heard today that an #AIDSvaccine exists, what you heard was wrong. Researchers & communities are still working to find an effective #HIVvaccine . Here's an overview: . If @POTUS or others have questions, we're happy to answer here.

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“This is the best chance we’ve ever had, in probably the entire history of the AIDS pandemic, to reimagine #HIV prevention and to do it with equity and with impact,” said Mitchell Warren, AVAC ED and Co-Chair with @_dinotshe of the @GPCoalition

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Love seeing three great champions for #HIV prevention and women’s options together — here’s hoping we can make the dapivirine vaginal ring a real choice for women @PEPFAR @ICWEastAfrica @apha_sa @IPMicrobicides @Pop_Council

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Today in history 🧵: 11 years ago, on Nov 23, 2010, @NEJM published results from the first oral HIV PrEP efficacy study @khmayer1 @CDCDirector @NIAIDNews @gatesfoundation @CarlosdelRio7 1/4

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Fantastic news for #HIV prevention from @IPMicrobicides @SAHPRA1 : #DapivirineVaginalRing approved in #SouthAfrica !! Now we must translate this option into a real choice for women! @WitsRHI @HIVMTN @rbaggaley @drtlaleng @LindaGailBekker @MOSAICproj @RaphaelYvette

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BREAKING: AVAC, @PrEP4AllNow , @HIVMA , and @PrEPInBlkUS celebrate US Congress decision to fund domestic HIV programs at the same level as last year after threats to eliminate $767M in critical funds. Read the full press release here. #SaveHIVFunding

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Save the date! The African Workshop on HIV & Women will take place on February 22 to 23 in Nairobi, Kenya. Join experts, healthcare providers, and community advocates to discuss critical issues impacting WLHIV in Africa. Register and learn more here:

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We can’t be silent. We won’t be silent. We join the call for true leadership from our government, for an end to police brutality & for justice and equity that addresses the systemic racism in the United States. #blacklivesmatter #saytheirnames

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A tragic blow to health & human rights. “The anti-gay bill in Uganda is the latest in a wave of anti-LGBTQIA+ actions. If we don't deal with the fundamental reality of stigma, discrimination and criminalization, we will never end the epidemic.”

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In a devastating blow to the #LGBTIQ + community, @KagutaMuseveni , the President of Uganda has assented to the regressive Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023. This discriminatory legislation undermines human rights and perpetuates an atmosphere of fear and persecution against individuals…

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Big #HIV prevention news: @US_FDA just announced their approval of the first injectable for #PrEP from @ViiVHC . Now the real work begins to translate @HIVptn clinical trial results into public health impact. @WHO @rbaggaley @KimberlyEGreen @gatesfoundation

FDA Approves First Injectable Treatment for HIV Pre-Exposure Prevention

The FDA approved Apretude (cabotegravir extended-release injectable suspension) for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV.

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2 years

Fantastic news from Zimbabwe: first African country to approve injectable cabotegravir for PrEP! Now, other countries need to act, @ViiVHC needs to register in more, and all actors must move with speed to make this option a real choice!

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ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟 We couldn't be more thrilled to announce the 13th class of the flagship AVAC Advocacy Fellows Program for 2024-2025! Learn more about our newest group of seven advocates who will take their next step in #HIV prevention advocacy.

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Great news! @WHO recommends #DapivirineVaginalRing from @IPMicrobicides as new choice for #HIV prevention for women at substantial risk of HIV infection . Thank you @mdoherty_hiv @rbaggaley for great leadership in helping make options real choices @HIVMTN

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AVAC alongside partners are kicking off the new year with an exciting lineup of webinars and workshops including a brand-new Cervical Cancer Awareness Month series spearheaded by our #STI program. Read on and save the dates in our latest blogpost!

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For 10+ years alumni from our Advocacy Fellows program have been expanding the reach of HIV prevention and advancing global health equity around the world. Read our piece highlighting the careers of 3 alumni – @kamau_grace , @RaphaelYvette & @MBKeno

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Ingrid Bassett, MD MPH shares with #CROI2023 using salons as a venue for family planning and HIV prevention services. Researchers found a 89 percent uptake in contraception and a 37 percent uptake in #PrEP initiations. Some promising data for PrEP delivery services!

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Through innovative, targeted & science-based #HIV prevention & treatment programming, #PEPFAR has saved 25 million lives and ensured 5.5 million babies have been born HIV-free. That is reason enough to be #ProudOfPEPFAR !

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Thank you ⁦ @celinegounder ⁩ via ⁦ @apoorva_nyc ⁩: “If we’re worried about variants, our best protection is to get the rest of the world vaccinated, not to hoard more doses to give third doses of mRNA vaccines to people here in the U.S.”

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Ten years ago the US FDA approved oral PrEP, a pill when taken daily, is highly effective in preventing HIV. This milestone promised to cut down new infections and help end the epidemic, but that promise is still unfulfilled. Urgent work remains to be done for universal access.🧵

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This morning, we have the absolute honor of welcoming Dr. Fauci to the AVAC family in NYC for an informal conversation about his work and lessons learned about public health throughout his tenure leading NIAID.

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Over 20 years, @PEPFAR has proven to be the most successful US investment ever in global health, development and diplomacy. Now is the worst time to let politics derail it

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8 months

Former President George W. Bush and the late Michael Gerson make the case for saving @PEPFAR and why we should all be #ProudOfPEPFAR -- for all it has achieved over the past 20 years and all the more that it must still accomplish!

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6 years

Dazon Dixon Diallo #CROI2018 We need to move beyond CABs to realize community engagement.

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Uganda’s anti-gay legislation will hinder its response to #HIV . Governments must work with, not against, communities most vulnerable to HIV including those who are #LGBTQIA . Say yes to human rights. #SayNoToAHB23 @CFE_Uganda

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Happening now in #NYC : We stand with @CFE_Uganda and colleagues everywhere in rejecting the unlawful, deadly, anti-science legislation in #Uganda . #SayNoToAHB23 !

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4 years

Great to have some good news for women’s HIV prevention! The ring could be a women-powered and woman-controlled option for women who want, need and can use it. @IPMicrobicides @HIVMTN @NIAIDnews

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Injectable CAB for #PrEP was approved by the @US_FDA in Dec '21, nearly a decade after oral PrEP. It's the newest #HIV px option & has the potential to revolutionize #HIV px – but only if ALL stakeholders have the political will to take action. Read more here 🧵 @PEPFAR @UNAIDS

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Essential reading from ⁦ @DrTedros ⁩ ⁦ @WHO ⁩: 5 steps to solving the #vaccine inequity crisis. It is not a mystery of what to do; we just need leaders to join Dr. Tedros in doing it ⁦ @PLOSGPH ⁩

Five steps to solving the vaccine inequity crisis

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3 years

Must read opinion from @uche_blackstock and @oni_blackstock : White Americans are being vaccinated at higher rates than Black Americans. Such inequity cannot stand.

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4 years

The #dapivirinering opinion from @EMA_News is a major milestone for women's HIV prevention. @IPMicrobicides @NIAIDNews @HIVMTN

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3 years

More #HIV prevention options are coming are way! Very excited for this big news from #Zimbabwe , the first country to approve the #DapivirineVaginalRing -- much work still to do to make choice a reality, but huge step forward @IPMicrobicides @HIVMTN @WHO @UNAIDS @PEPFAR

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#BREAKING : Dapivirine, Vaginal Ring Approved For Use In Zimbabwe...Read Here @MoHCCZim @WHO_Zimbabwe @IPMicrobicides @MCAZofficial @naczim @PEPFAR @UsaidZimbabwe @usembassyharare @UNAIDS_Zim @SAFAIDSzambia @UNFPA_Zimbabwe @UNFPA_ESARO @SRHRAfricaTrust

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What's new & next in the #AIDS response? Excited to hear more at #CROI2024 as we track data & discussions on power of choice; injectable PrEP; dapvirine vaginal ring in pregnancy; DoxyPEP; & cure. Especially excited for Martin Delaney Presentation with @frankmugisha @SMUG2004 !

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3 years

#DYK : Three HIV vaccine efficacy trials are continuing in the midst of the #COVID19 pandemic: #ThankYou to the cis, gay & trans men and women trial participants inching us ever closer to an HIV Vaccine🙌 #HIVvaccineaware #HVAD2021

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AVAC is thrilled to announce five new awards to accelerate advocacy for cure research! Learn more about the newest cohort of fellows and explore more about the Advocacy-For-A-Cure Academy here! 🌟 @iasociety @Aidsfonds

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Scientists and advocates say the technology behind #COVID19 #mRNA vaccines could be adapted to an #HIV #vaccine — need to translate the science AND the political and financial will. ⁦ @IAVI ⁩ ⁦ @moderna_tx ⁩ ⁦ @NIAIDNews ⁩

How COVID-19 mRNA vaccine tech could be used in an HIV vaccine

Promising clinical trials of an HIV vaccine offer hope for an end to the decades-long AIDS epidemic

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1 year

HAPPENING NOW: We are outside Uganda House in NYC in support and solidarity with our queer and trans Ugandan siblings in response to the recent anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation coming out of Uganda. cc @BlackTransMedia @BeyonceKarungi

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Our @HIVpxresearch Regional Program Manager for Research Engagement @gjkumwenda gave a great introduction to @frankmugisha ’s Martin Delaney Lecture! #CROI2024

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No better way to start #CROI2024 than with advocates focused on the search for an #HIV #cure — and what better way to start the 2024 Pre-CROI Community HIV Cure Research Workshop than with the amazing @MosesSupercharg . @TAGHIVscience @amfAR @Aidsfonds_intl

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Inspiring advocacy in action from @RaphaelYvette at #CROI2023 . Making it so real and giving voice to women of the world. Without this advocacy, this epidemic never ends and health equity will never be achieved.

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So proud to stand with fierce advocates for choice in HIV prevention — today & always! The new Choice Manifesto led by the African Women Prevention Community Accountability Board in partnership with @Winnie_Byanyima & @UNAIDS , & civil society partners is an essential way forward!

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Celebrating Winner of the Desmond Tutu Award for HIV Prevention and Human Rights, Dr Linda-Gail Bekker, a tireless advocate for #HIVPrevention in #SouthAfrica , #Africa and worldwide! @LindaGailBekker #hivR4P2018

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#CROI2023 is a terrific scientific meeting -- but it is community, and the Community Liaison Sub-Committee, that really makes the magic happen. AVAC is continually inspired to work with @thewellproject @SisterLoveInc @apha_sa and the CLS -- and to celebrate @RaphaelYvette lecture

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We have to act like we’ll never get a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2. For HIV that’s how we got #PrEP , better ART and a pipeline of treatment and prevention options. We can’t put all our hope in one intervention. #lessonsfromHIV

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Breaking #PrEP news! Bi-monthly injections of a long-acting injectable appears to be safe and effective in preventing #HIV in cisgender men and transgender women who have sex with men.

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Good news from Malawi 🇲🇼, it is the third country in Africa to offer injectable #PrEP . For information on where else injectable PrEP and other forms of PrEP are available, explore .

Lilongwe, Blantyre becomes first beneficiaries of long-acting injectable PrEP Malawi 24 | Latest...

Lilongwe, Blantyre becomes first beneficiaries of long-acting injectable PrEP Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi | Stay up-to-date with the latest news from Malawi and around the world, 24/7.

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Must read from @PeterHotez : Most of world has no #COVID19 #vaccine — huge global threat “representing failure to create system in which new vaccines could be developed & produced locally, & designed specifically for use in resource-depleted health systems”

Op-Ed: Most of the world has no COVID-19 vaccine. That's a huge global threat

To fight future pandemics, nations in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America will need to build vaccine development capacity to suit regional needs.

www.latimes.com

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"It only becomes a success story when we continually fund PEPFAR and The Global Fund." Hear more from AVAC's Executive Director Mitchell Warren why he's #ProudofPEPFAR and why bipartisan collaboration is needed to end the AIDS epidemic.

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#HIV epidemic won’t end if women are left out of clinical trials. Thank you @DazonDiallo @SisterLoveInc

OPINION: HIV epidemic won’t end if women are left out of clinical trials

More women are needed in HIV drugs' clinical trials if that epidemic is ever to end.

www.ajc.com

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Incredible call to action at #IAS2023 from @ChichiHamps @TALCzambia Never doubt the power of young people to lead!! @PATHtweets @iasociety @WHO

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Proud to stand with ⁦ @PrEP4AllNow ⁩ ⁦⁦⁦ @Public_Citizen ⁩ ⁦ @gregggonsalves ⁩ ⁦ @SaadOmer3 ⁩ ⁦ @DrTomFrieden ⁩ ⁦ @CarlosdelRio7 ⁩ and 100s more as we demand global vaccination campaign to end #COVID19 pandemic

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🎉 here at #IAS2023 — AVAC/ @iasociety Advocacy for a Cure alumni @DeborahLAKumu receiving the Cure Advocacy Prize this year from @ProfSharonLewin ! Congrats on your amazing work and partnership (seem also with our @JessicaSalzwed1 )

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AVAC condemns today’s court decision that tramples human rights, reinforces homophobia, and denies lifesaving PrEP drugs to individuals in Texas. This ruling is the latest blow in a campaign to roll back bodily autonomy and human rights. Read more here:

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Great news! @WHO recommends #DapivirineVaginalRing from @IPMicrobicides as new choice for #HIV prevention for women at substantial risk of HIV infection Thank you @mdoherty_hiv @rbaggaley for great leadership in helping make options real choices @HIVMTN

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ECHO found no substantial difference in HIV risk among women using the 3 contraceptive methods, but data sound alarm about rates of HIV--almost 4 percent. Underscores urgent need to integrate HIV & sexual and reproductive health programs. #ECHOStudy #SRHR

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First event of UNGA is a CSO consultation on diagnostics access - held separately from an event next door where parliamentarians discuss #PPPR . Shouldn’t we be together so they can hear from civil society? @yodifiji certainly thinks so. #UNGA78

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The always incredible @LindaGailBekker opens the first #IAS2023 plenary focusing on antibodies for both vaccines and cure — and reminds us all that even with significant progress in #HIV prevention & treatment, we need accelerated research for both a vaccine and a cure

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A big congrats to AVAC fellow alum @mwila_tasha who is helping launch injectable CAB for #PrEP in #Zambia today! Check out our PrEP tracker and Zambia’s page on :

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Lot's of discussion about #cure at the #IAS2023 premtg today. Delighted to release with @REACHforthecure @PAVE_MDC , I4C & partners, an updated #cure language guide,

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AVAC Board Member @LindaGailBekker inspired and urged the HIV Prevention Young Women’s Council ( @ywhpc_caspr ) to raise their voices at the CASPR booth. Join this call to advocacy and make a plan to visit booth #9 at #ICASA2023 !

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At Long-Acting/Extended Release Antiretroviral Research Resource Program (LEAP) Annual Workshop at #CROI2024 , @MahakaImelda from @PangaeaZimbabwe makes a clarion call for accelerating access with speed, scale and equity, making sure more work happens in parallel than sequentially

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This is what leadership looks like — so grateful to @USAmbUganda & @wrair ’s Vamsi Vasireddy for being at #IAS2023 and presenting on client-centered models to sustain HIV service delivery to key populations in Uganda, in the midst of heinous laws @frankmugisha @richardlusimbo

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AVAC strongly condemns the new Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023 Pres. Museveni signed into law and stands in solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community in Uganda. Draconian bills such as this harms progress in ending the epidemic. Read our full statement here:

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ICYMI, the @nytimes has a groundbreaking story today about how injectable #PrEP can transform HIV prevention, but only if it reaches the communities who need it. Read more from our Executive Director Mitchell Warren, @LindaGailBekker @healthgap and others.

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SAVE THE DATE! This Thurs, April 6 at 9 AM ET we're hearing from the experts on lessons learned from the HIV epidemic and why agreements on IP (intellectual property) and tech transfers are essential to global #PPPR equity. Learn more and register here! ⤵️

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. @USAmbPEPFAR notes that in the discussions of #PPR , we can’t take our eye of the ball in the fight against #HIV . We’re seeing incidence creeping up & huge inequalities in progress - now is the time to end current pandemics while preparing for future ones! #AfricanLeadersSummit

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AVAC staff and partners have been leading conversation and advocacy at #ICASA2023 . Check out this 🧵 to learn some highlights from the past few days:

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How can we increase access to long-acting HIV prevention options? By listening to ⁦ @PangaeaZimbabwe ⁩ director Imelda Mahaka and communities!!! ⁦ @afrocab_hiv ⁩ ⁦ @MOSAICproj ⁩ ⁦ @rbaggaley ⁩

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Save the date! Applications are open for the 2024-2025 AVAC Advocacy Fellows Program and we're hosting two info-sessions (Sept. 1 and 18) to share details about the program and to answer any questions. Register here to reserve your space! #AVACFellows

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LIVE: A coalition of US and global HIV/AIDS activists are outside the US capital to demand members of Congress to #SaveHIVFunding . Write your reps NOW!

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5 years

Pregnant women are still protected FROM research instead of THROUGH it. Requirements still exist to justify for inclusion, not exclusion. Need to challenge this outdated paradigm. #CROI2019

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Fanastic news that @SAHPRA1 has approved injectable cabotegravir for #PrEP for 🇿🇦-- a critical step in making this biomedical option an actual choice for people!!! And listen here for @USAmbPEPFAR 's perspective on this new era of #HIV prevention

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“can’t predict when, or even if our vaccine will be approved by @US_FDA , but I do know world will be safer if we stop talking about vaccines in political terms & focus on rigorous independent scientific evaluation & robust independent approval process”

In an open letter, Pfizer’s C.E.O. says his company ‘would never succumb to political pressure.’...

www.nytimes.com

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The importance of science, communication and advocacy in informing -- and driving -- policy; pandemic lessons from @CAPRISAOfficial @ProfAbdoolKarim

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At 20, @PEPFAR Is Perhaps the World’s Most Successful Foreign-Aid Program. Can It End Global AIDS Completely in the Coming Decade? @MalecheAllan @_emilybass_ @USAmbPEPFAR @TimMurphyNYC

At 20, PEPFAR Is Perhaps the World’s Most Successful Foreign-Aid Program. Can It End Global AIDS...

Advocates hope it can do for HIV prevention what it’s managed to do for treatment—and that it can pressure recipient countries into picking up more of their own slack.

www.thebody.com

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The HIV movement is a great example of bringing together diverse stakeholders to address pandemic threats - it must be the foundation for #PPPR . #WHS2023

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4 years

Join us in wishing Zena Stein, pioneering advocate for women's health & #HIV prevention, a very happy 98th birthday today, 30yrs after her commentary in 1990 that sparked the beginning of the microbicides movement. #womenempoweringwomen #WomenSupportingWomen #WomenInScience

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Martin Delaney lecture at #vCROI2021 featuring @_HassanF & @gregggonsalves calling on science community to join advocates and activists to demand global #COVID19 vaccine access; a moral and scientific imperative #vaccinEquity #novaccineapartheid #BLM #CROI2021

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2 years

Ambitious targets ➕ dedicated budgets 🟰 #PrEP access, uptake and eventual impact #AIDS2022

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2 months

Nice start to the #CROI2024 morning with Julie McElrath @HelpEndHIV presenting what’s new in HIV vaccines -- and we just published today a new summary of 20 years of efficacy trials @CarlosdelRio7 @LindaGailBekker @IAVI @MHRPInfo @DrJeanneM

Carlos del Rio

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The Monday #CROI2024 program in excellent. Lots of great sessions!

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Wrapping up a fantastic 2nd day @HIV_and_Women . Our #CASPR Team & @dr_Nyaradzo met w/young women in Kenya, who have been driving advocacy for choice and demanding for the intro of new options. These advocates are 🔥!

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7 months

Calling all HIV Cure advocates! In advance of NIH's Strategies for an HIV Cure meeting, AVAC is hosting a training for lay audiences interested in building knowledge of HIV cure research tomorrow, 9 AM to 3 PM ET. In-person and online registration here!

AVAC

@HIVpxresearch

7 months

On October 11 from 9 AM to 3 PM, AVAC will be sponsoring a free an all-day program hosted on NIH's Main Campus. We’ll hear from experts about the current landscape of cure research and perspective from long-term survivors. Register and learn more here!

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5 years

FDA announces approval of F/TAF for PrEP, leaving out millions of people at risk via vaginal sex. Vaginas deserve better. @TAGHIVscience @thewellproject @PrEP4AllNow @RWalensky @PrEP4AllNow

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2 months

A remarkable talk from Nelly Mugo — with this great comparison between HPV and HIV @KEMRI_Kenya @WitsRHI @AlisonFootman

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@HIVpxresearch

2 months

Perfect timing at #CROI2024 to have Nelly Mugo @KEMRI_Kenya talking about how to reach #HPV elimination in the face of inequity, since today is s HPV Awareness Day! We worked with @Toget_HERHealth & other partners in this call to action:

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9 months

Very proud of longtime friend and colleague @MichealIghodaro for this new role working with @BR999 and @PreventionAC — can’t wait to see what the future holds and working with you both in making #U =U and prevention for all realities.

Prevention Access

@PreventionAC

9 months

Prevention Access Campaign is thrilled to announce @MichealIghodaro 's new role as interim Co-Executive Director, sharing leadership with Founding Executive Director @BR999 . Innovation in leadership and collaboration is essential as we challenge outdated beliefs and power…

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4 months

Congrats to the most recent class of AVAC Fellow alumni including @cathbucci , @LizbethAtieno , @OnwardGibson , @mwila_tasha and thank you to our host orgs including @ICWEastAfrica , @coswa_kenya ! Learn more in our #MLKDay blog post celebrating their advocacy:

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6 years

Excellent overview of the state of HIV prevention from @ICAP_ColumbiaU 's Wafaa El Sadr including a great preview of the prevention research & implementation expected here at #CROI2018

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This Trans Day of Visibility ( #TDOV ), we are celebrating trans advocates in the #HIV community who have shaped and transformed how we fight and show up for one another. #TDOV2024

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2 months

‘I’m never going to be Tony’ — terrific profile of @DrJeanneM by @sciencecohen ; Anthony Fauci’s successor, vows a new direction at @NIAIDNews #CROI2024

‘I’m never going to be Tony’: Jeanne Marrazzo, Anthony Fauci’s successor, vows a new direction at...

A longtime HIV prevention researcher sees need for more “holistic” approach to community health problems

www.science.org

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