Global Advocacy“Towards an HIV

Cure”Marie-Capucine Penicaud, IAS

Community Scientific Literacy Workshop July 22, 2012

• What have we done so far?

• What is our message?

• What are we going to do next?

• What can you do?

Global Advocacy “Towards an HIV Cure”

The

Global Scientific Strategy “Towards an HIV Cure”

was launched on 19 July 2012!

Visit the IAS website for more information and sign the Rome Statement for HIV Cure research

to be accelerated: www.iasociety.org.

“Towards an HIV Cure”

Launch of the Global Scientific Strategy

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The International AIDS Society scientific working group on HIV Cure. Towards an HIV cure: a global scientific strategy. Nature Rev. Immunol. 18 Jul 2012 (doi: 10.1038/nri.3262)

20 signatories: funders, activists, universities 3 press conferences in 3 languages Webcast and media kit Impact so far => 2500 hits

Media Launch, July 19th

Symposium, 20 and 21 July

• Increase Investements for a Safe, Scalable and Affordable cure. The timing is right scientifically

• Novel short-course treatment strategies allowing

life-long drug-free remission of patients will bring

individual, global and economical benefits

• Treatment and prevention must remain priorities : HIV Cure research should be the 4th pillar of the response

Message

- Science-focused press conference on Thursday 26th:

• stem cell transplant, • SAHA, • Visconti, etc…

- Booth: distribution of policy papers and scientific strategy, HIV cure desk for Q & A’s

What’s next @ AIDS 2012

“Towards an HIV Cure” sessions

Community Scientific Literacy WorkshopSunday July 22, 3:45-5:45pm, Session Room 8

Plenary session « Viral eradication: the cure agenda » by J. Martinez PicadoTuesday 24 July 22, 8:30-10:30am, Session Room 1

HIV Reservoirs: where & how is the virus hiding?Thursday 26 July 22, 2:30-4:00pm, Session Room 9

Mechanisms of HIV latencyTuesday 24 July 22, 4:30-6:00pm, Session Room 2

HIV Persistence and eradicationThursday 26 July 22, 11:00-12:30pm, Session Room 9

What’s next

StakeholdersAdvisory

Board Þ Funding Coordination Focus

Þ Coordination of all components

Ethics Working Group

Cost-Effectiveness

Working Group

Information Exchange Database

Social Sciences Research Team

Industry Collaboration Group

- Sign-on the Rome Statement to accelerate investments in HIV Cure research on www.iasociety.org

- Endorse the scientific strategy by providing your logo to hivcure@iasociety.org

- Circulate the information in your networks: policy papers @ IAS booth

How to contribute?

Françoise Barré-SinoussiSteve DeeksMark HarringtonRichard JefferysBernard KadasiaRosanne LamploughOlivier Rescaniere& all Towards an HIV Cure Group Members

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Acknowledgements