Vaccines

Vaccines save millions of lives each year and prevent many more people from getting sick. One of the most powerful and cost-effective health interventions available today, it is hoped that a vaccine may one day be developed to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Currently both preventive and therapeutic vaccines are under development. Preventive vaccines would prevent the transmission of HIV, while therapeutic vaccines would help treat those individuals already infected.

CAS works closely with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) in disseminating information about vaccine research and in educating its members about Canadian vaccine trials and advances.

• New Prevention Technologies Updates

• Update on Merck’s STEP Trial

• New Prevention Technologies Background

• Newest Canadian Vaccine Candidate Going to Clinical Trials

• Canadian Plans on New Prevention Technologies

• CAS and HIV Vaccines

• Community Involvement and HIV Vaccines

• HIV Vaccines - A Brief Overview

• Advisory Committee Members Needed for a Curriculum Support Project Targeted to Canadian High Schools

• Webinar Series: New HIV prevention technologies and their implications for HIV prevention in Canada

• Communities Around the World Play a Vital Role in AIDS Vaccine Development (11/29/2007)

• Canadian AIDS Society Applauds Funding to Enhance Canada’s Capacity to Conduct Clinical Vaccine Trials (02/28/2007)

• HIV Vaccines (October 2004)

• CAS Poster Presentations at CAHR Conference

• Integrating International Perspectives in the Community-based AIDS Movement in Canada: The International Toolkit

• Follow the condoms and needles: What Previous Public Health Interventions Teach us about Future Deployments of an HIV Vaccine