This Week at AVAC: HIVR4P highlights, inclusive prevention pipeline, policy shaping and more
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** HIVR4P Highlights, Inclusive Prevention Pipeline, Policy Shaping & More
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Dear Advocate,
AVAC’s round-up of resources, updates and insights this week includes highlights from HIVR4P, a new vision for an inclusive prevention pipeline, shaping policy and more!
HIVR4P 2024 conference highlights and recap
Summaries
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The 5th HIV Research for Prevention (R4P) conference ([link removed]) was held last week in Lima, Peru. The data and discussions centered on accomplishments in HIV prevention, how far the field remains from reaching targets, understanding how choice works and why it matters, and where the research agenda is headed. As AVAC’s Mitchell Warren told Axios ([link removed]) , “lenacapavir is on everybody’s lips here at HIVR4P 2024 ([link removed]) . That’s probably the second-most popular word this week; I think the most popular word is access.”
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Report
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Partners and AVAC launched The People’s Research Agenda (PRA) ([link removed]) , a global initiative driven by communities and advocates to envision an inclusive HIV prevention pipeline and ensure the voices of those most affected by HIV are integrated into HIV prevention research and development.
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Media Highlights
• Access questions hang over Gilead’s HIV shot ([link removed]) , Axios
• What Inspired Me Was to Provide Solutions to People’ - HIV Prevention Advocate Idah Mulala ([link removed]) , All Africa
• Argentinian Advocate Gastón Devisich Wins 2024 Omololu Falobi Award at HIVR4P Conference in Lima ([link removed]) , Heap News
Shaping policy, centering people
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Announcement
** AVAC's Suraj Madoori Joins Developed Country NGO Delegation (DelDev)
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Policy Director, Suraj Madoori is one of four new members to join DevDel, one of the 20 voting delegations to the Board of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. DevDel plays a critical role in the development and evolution of organizational strategy, the funding model, the work of the Secretariat and policy.
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podcast
** AVAC's Jessica Salzwedel Talks Community Engagement with National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement
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In a mini series on community engagement, the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement interviewed AVAC's Jessica Salzwedel, Senior Program Manager of Research Engagement on what centering communities truly means.
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