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Study Shows Male Circumcision Provides No Protection against HIV for Women; Another Says It Reduces Genital Infections in Men and Women  According to a new study, male circumcision, which reduces by about 60 percent the likelihood that a male will become HIV infected through sex with an HIV-infected female, provided no benefit to the HIV-uninfected…

IAVI’s Innovation Fund targets unconventional ideas for AIDS vaccine development NEW YORK, March 3, 2008 — The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) today announced the first award from its Innovation Fund, a new funding mechanism that will identify and advance potential breakthrough technologies and apply them in the AIDS vaccine research field. This initial project…

Phase III Microbicide Clinical Trial Shows Carraguard is Safe But Not Effective against HIV Transmission in Women  A Phase III clinical trial of the microbicide Carraguard has found that although the vaginal gel, designed to be applied before intercourse, proved safe it did not prevent male-to-female transmission of HIV during vaginal intercourse. Carraguard, which was…

February 15, 2008 – At the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the organization’s president, eminent scientist and Nobel laureate David Baltimore, commented on February 14 in Boston on the current state of AIDS vaccine research. Professor Baltimore expressed concern at the field’s lack of success so far in developing…

NEW YORK, NY, December 14, 2009 – The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative congratulates the partners involved in the MDP 301 Phase III clinical trial of a vaginal microbicide known as PRO 2000 on the successful conduct of the largest microbicide trial completed to date. We are disappointed to learn that PRO 2000 did not prove…

OFID Signs Three Grant Agreements to Co-finance  Major Health Initiatives December 1, 2009 Vienna, Austria Press inquiries: info@ofid.org The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) yesterday signed three grant agreements relating to important worldwide health initiatives. The agreements were signed on behalf of OFID by Mr. Suleiman J. Al-Herbish, Director-General, and by HRH Princess Ghida Talal, Chairperson of…

Achieving Universal Access: The Way Forward IAVI Calls for Strong and Sustained Global Investment in New HIV Prevention Tools NEW YORK, December 1, 2009—As we approach World AIDS Day, observed globally December 1, we are reminded that while progress has been made in expanding access to treatment and prevention and that progress has been made toward…

World AIDS Day 2009 “Universal Access & Human Rights” Global Health Community Statement “The full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all is an essential element in the global response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.” – 2006 UN Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS In observance of December 1st as World AIDS Day, and in recognition of…