A large scale project co-funded by the European Commission’s FP7 aiming at developing combinations
CHAARM is an acronym for Combined Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Microbicides. It is a large scale collaborative project co-funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) for Research and Technological Development. It started on the 1st of January 2010 and will run until December 2014 for 60 months.
23/02/2015
First phase trials for vaginal gels as a new way to prevent transmission http://tiny.cc/urmiux
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10/02/2015
VOICE trial: 66% reduction in infection in women who actually used tenofovir microbicide gel
VOICE trial: Microbicide gel may have stopped two out of three HIV infections – in the women who... The final published paper on the VOICE trial in women in three African countries mainly reinforces what conference presentations have already shown: this ambitious trial failed to demonstrate the effectiveness of either oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) or of a tenofovir-containing vaginal microb…
06/02/2015
A cheap device that can detect & syphilis from a drop of blood developed by Rwandan & US researchers
HIV and syphilis can be detected in minutes using cheap, lab-on-chip device Dongle that can be connected to a smartphone delivers test results in under 15 minutes.
28/01/2015
New vaccine funding will save up to 6 million children's lives
We did it! New vaccine funding will save millions of lives Today, governments and other donors met in Berlin to make new pledges to fund vaccines for the world’s poorest children. Thanks to the pressure ONE members helped apply, they added an incredible $7.5 billion to the pot. That’s enough to save up to 6 million lives over the next 5 years. Wow.
23/01/2015
Microbicides products now in clinical trials
23/01/2015
speaking about the combination between microbicides & anti vaccine at EATG/AVAC Workshop.
05/12/2014
Check out this BBC article on the evolving of HIV and its implications for the future.
HIV evolving 'into milder form' HIV is evolving to become less deadly and less infectious as it spends more time infecting people, according to a major scientific study.
01/12/2014
21/11/2014
24 November, AVAC/ EATG Webinar on innovative strategies of prevention: with speakers from Imperial College London, IPERGAY & PROUD trial, PrEP Facts
EATG - European AIDS Treatment Group - Events EATG is a community organisation that promotes the interests of people living with HIV/AIDS. EATG's mission is to achieve the fastest possible access to state of the art medical products, devices and diagnostic tests that prevent or treat HIV infection, and to improve the quality of life of people l…
18/11/2014
Bicycle-based, HIV medicine delivery service for Cape Town low-income townships!
The Guy Who Delivers HIV Medicine On His Bicycle A South African teenager got tired of waiting in the clinic for his grandparents' HIV meds. So he came up with a solution. All it took was a bicycle.
Check out this chart showing interactions between drugs and recreational drugs http://tiny.cc/ly0qox
Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp is presenting a poster in theme Mucosal Immune Activation and Inflammation at HIV Research for Prevention Conference, Cape town