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South Africa: Finding an HIV Vaccine - Five Lessons From the Response to Covid-19
[Daily Maverick] The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that vaccine development and testing timelines can be shrunk from decades to months. Here's a look at what we can learn from the search for a Covid-19 vaccine.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - May 18, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Africa: The Search for an Effective HIV Vaccine Continues
[The Conversation Africa] An HIV vaccine trial that started in 2016 in South Africa was halted in February 2020. The study sponsors made the call after interim results showed that the vaccine, known as HVTN 702, did not prevent HIV. This result was disappointing, but the search for an effective HIV vaccine continues. Anatoli Kamali speaks to The Conversation Africa's Ina Skosana about other developments in the field.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - February 17, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Africa: Clinical Trial Halted, but Search for HIV Vaccine Continues
[UCT] The early abandonment of HIV vaccine study HVTN 702 (also known as Uhambo) in South Africa for failing to prevent infections is a huge setback in the quest to find an HIV vaccine. However, this will not deter scientists, said the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Professor Linda-Gail Bekker.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - February 5, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Tanzania:Editorial - HIV Is Still a Major Threat - Lets Not Lower Our Guard
[Citizen] There has been talk in recent weeks of a potential breakthrough in the search for a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine 35 years after the virus was first identified. The pandemic has caused much misery globally, but especially in developing countries, including Tanzania.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - July 24, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Zimbabwe: Researchers Claim Aids Vaccine Breakthrough
[The Herald]Barcelona -Researchers have made a breakthrough in the search for a vaccine that could protect people from acquiring HIV after preliminary studies on monkeys showed a 50 percent chance of protection against the virus.Speaking at the 13th Aids Vaccine Conference under way in Barcelona, Spain yesterday, researcher Dr Louis Picker from the Oregon Health and Science University, US, said this time he was confident that the vaccine could also work in humans as well.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - October 9, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Uganda: Aids Vaccine Conference Begins in Spain
[New Vision]The annual conference brings together more than 1,000 researchers, funders, experts in HIV, policy makers, implementers, and stakeholders to discuss over 450 studies outlining the latest advances and obstacles in the search for an HIV vaccine.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - October 9, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Africa: HIV Vaccine Experts to Meet
[The Herald]MORE than 450 research studies outlining the latest advances and obstacles in the search for an Aids vaccine will be presented and debated at the International Aids Vaccine conference scheduled to take place next week in Barcelona, Spain. The conference, which runs from 7 to 10 October is expected to bring more than 1 000 of the world's leading vaccine researchers, funders and policy makers to Barcelona.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - October 3, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Uganda: Aids Meeting to Discuss Latest Vaccine Advances
[Observer]More than 450 research studies outlining the latest advances and obstacles in the search for an Aids vaccine will be presented and debated at this year's Aids vaccine conference in Spain, next week.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - October 2, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Nigeria: HIV Vaccine Search Lags After Plans
[Daily Trust]Nearly a year after Nigeria launched its revised plans for HIV vaccine, it is yet to come up with a potential candidate vaccine, experts say.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 22, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news