VARG member Chamunorwa Mashoko partnered with the award-winning radio station, Capitalk 100.4FM. Capitalk 100.4 FM is Zimbabwe’s first and only Harare based commercial talk radio station. The valuable resource for advocates entitled "HIV Vaccines - an introductory factsheet" created by the VARG’s founding...
In addition to a statement in a national newspaper commemorating International HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, issued by the VARG in partnership with AfNHi and AVAC, VARG Member Maureen Luba and fellow advocate Ulanda Mtamba spoke to Malawi’s national broadcaster , MBC, about...
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD) on 18 May each year commemorates U.S. President Bill Clinton’s 1997 declaration that, “only a truly effective, preventive HIV vaccine can limit and eventually eliminate the threat of AIDS”. In 2014 alone, AIDS killed more than 1.2 million...
The full report of all VARG activities for #HVAD2018 can be read and downloaded here! Blogs have proven to be a great way of getting out important information to a critical mass of readers without navigating a cumbersome media or editorial process. This...
VARG Member and IPM Board Member, Maureen Luba shared her thoughts on the future of HIV prevention as she delivered a vote of thanks during the recently concluded International AIDS Conference, in Amsterdam. As IPM's work to continue to grow...
The report, a tribute the men of the "Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male”, highlights the deliberations and interactions that took place during the VARG / South African Medical Research Council Imbizo as a prelude to the...
Mail and guardian, Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism South Africa: HIV Vaccine Trial - Why Not Everyone Is Getting the HIV Prevention Pill. Only some study participants have access to the tablet that can cut the risk of HIV infection by more...
Commemorating 2018 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD), the VARG partnered with Ubuntu Research Foundation (URF), a community initiative led by a group of young women who work in HIV research and have an interest to mobilize multiple key stakeholders and advance...