Steady advances are being made in the search for an HIV/AIDS vaccine, according to a new overview of research presented at the AIDS Vaccine 2009 Conference published in the May 2010 edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

VAX, Vol. 8 (2), March 2010

IAVI has provided electronic access to its recently updated Vaccine Literacy (VaxLit) Toolkit. The VaxLit Toolkit is a comprehensive set of educational and training materials about AIDS vaccine development and clinical trials, developed in collaboration with a number of IAVI’s partners. All materials can be accessed on the IAVI web site: http://www.iavi.org/working-with-communities/Pages/vaccine-literacy.aspx....

UNAIDS issued the 79th issue of HIV This Week.  The issue covers:  alcohol and unsafe sex, test and treat,maternal mortality,cost effectiveness, treatment, injecting drug use, universal access, reproductive health, herpes and HIV, tuberculosis, men who have sex with men. comorbidities, impact, basic science, and structural interventions. The full issue is below.

AmfAR and TAG issued a brief, The Sound Investment: The Multiplier Effect of AIDS Research, which states that in FY2011 and future years, Congress must redress five years of flat funding for NIH by significantly increasing overall NIH appropriations to take advantage of growing scientific opportunity in health research.  The full brief is available below.

UNAIDS issued the 78th issue of HIV This Week.  The issue covers:  faith based issues, resources/impact development, viral resistance and HIV treatment, male circumcision, paediatric treatment, comorbidity, people living with HIV, HIV testing, tuberculosis, basic science, PrEP, and epidemiology. The full issue is below.

The January 2010 newsletter issue provides a snapshot of the activities in the fourth quarter of 2009. Included are highlights of the recently concluded Fifth EDCTP Forum and changes in the EDCTP governance structures. 

UNAIDS issued the 77th issue of HIV This Week.  The issue covers:  stigma, treatment, epidemiology, HIV testing, paediatric ART, human rights, men who have sex with men, basic science, implementation science, HIV-2 and knowledge translation. The full issue is below.

• This issue includes the following:
  • Monkey Models: Far from Extinct. A recent meeting on nonhuman primate models underscores their central role in AIDS research.
  • The Beauty Behind the Beasts. Andreas von Bubnoff visits with Sriram Subramaniam and discusses his work studying the structure of HIV and visualizing HIV-infected cells.
  • A Cut Above the Rest. A progress report on the promotion of adult male circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy.

Progress Towards Global HIV Targets: Challenges in Monitoring National Indicators. Vol. 52 (S2), December 2009. The Supplement is available online: http://journals.lww.com/jaids/toc/2009/12012.