RESEARCH UPDATE: When it comes to HIV cure research, eliminating the latent viral reservoir that harbors pockets of HIV in DNA, is vital. Recently, a team of amfAR-funded scientists tested a novel approach to attacking this #HIV reservoir – inhibiting rather than stimulating its activity.
Research led by investigators from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania describes two novel approaches that could prevent HIV infection by targeting proteins in semen that boost transmission of the virus.
NPR Presents: HIV then and now. Two survivors, from two different generations, tell their stories.
Read about 5 gaps and challenges we face today and 5 actions for the future.
Following years of negotiation, 17 new Sustainable Development Goals were adopted by the UN on 2 August 2015. It was a truly historic moment where 193 countries of the world came together to agree on how to ensure a better future for humanity.
“The Strategy is about you, about the healing of this nation.”
Watch White House Director Douglas Brooks’ opening remarks from the live stream release of the updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy:
This report draws on multiple sources to document the many ways in which communities are advancing the response to AIDS, and the evidence for the effectiveness of these responses. Core areas of community-based activities include advocacy, service provision, community-based research and financing; each of these areas is illustrated by examples of community-based actions.
Please click here to view report.
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program touches over half of all people with HIV in the US. Check out this HRSA video on the wonderful work of the program.