The
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative is a nonprofit scientific organisation whose mission is to develop vaccines and other biomedical innovations that prevent HIV infection.
Based on this approach, the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute and
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative have proposed to jointly develop a vaccine.
"My colleagues and I are more optimistic to be able to find vaccine and end the epidemic than we have been in years," Rick King of the
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) told reporters before the conference.
The clinical sites developed both through national funding via the South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative (SAAVI) and international funding, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) and the multinational
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), were responsible for providing internationally accredited clinical trial sites capable of conducting HIV vaccine trials, from earliest phase through to efficacy, to the highest international standards.
A review of HIV incidence in 1,834 men who have sex with men (MSM) was drawn from a larger study of "at risk" populations in Kenya (Mombasa and Nairobi) and South Africa (Cape Town) being conducted by the
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. It found that MSM may now be at considerably higher risk of acquiring HIV than heterosexual women (largely sex workers) and heterosexual men who bought sex.
Ramanathan, Scientists F, Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chennai, participated in the AIDS Vaccine Conference and held a Meeting with
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Core Group at Atlanta, Georgia (September 27 - October 1,2010).
Study approvals: Under the tripartite agreement signed by the National AIDS Control Organization (representing Ministry of Health and Family Welfare), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), a proposal for India to participate in a phase 1 trial of adeno-associated virus based HIV-1 subtype C vaccine (tgAAC09) was developed.
Seth Berkley, of the
International Aids Vaccine Initiative, said: "The outcome is very exciting.
"The fact that they have seen a response with people with such a low incidence of infection is impressive," Gotch, who is also the principal investigator for the
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, told the Guardian.
If we can conquer AIDS, we will be able to invest resources in other pressing priorities,' said Seth Berkley, President and CEO of the
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
The first is the creation of public-private partnerships (PPPs) that capitalize on the strengths of the public and private sectors such as the
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and the Global Aids Vaccine Alliance launched in 2000 (GAVI); the second is the global connection of researchers, government agencies and international organizations under the Global HIV/AIDS Vaccine Enterprise (GHAVE) with an aim to coordinating research, knowledge sharing and capacity building; and the third is the infusion of funding spearheaded by philanthropic partners including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (the Gates Foundation) and the creation of PPPs such as the United States' Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD).
Because the vaccine contained three key pieces of the virus, "we want to know what parts stimulated the immune response," says Wayne Koff, vice president of research and development for the
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.