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Towards an HIV Cure

AIM: To drive concerted efforts to accelerate global scientific research, advocacy and collaboration towards a cure for HIV

"It is time to more firmly plant the need for an HIV cure on the policy agenda. While interventions that lead to a meaningful cure are at least decades away, we must begin planning for it sooner than later. Once available, we must ensure a cure can be successfully delivered to those countries most burdened by the disease, and delivery must come at speed."

Sharon Lewin
IAS Towards an HIV Cure Advisory Board Co-Chair

Accelerating global scientific research, advocacy and collaboration towards a cure for HIV is a major strategic priority for the IAS. In 2011, the IAS launched the Towards an HIV Cure programme, which focuses on advancing the HIV cure field in countries where resources for HIV cure research are limited and facilitating interaction with HIV and other biomedical research areas. 

It does so by:

  • Promoting scientific exchange and collaboration and increased research literacy
  • Growing capacity-building programmes for HIV researchers and community advocates in countries where resources for HIV cure research are limited
  • Advocating for the prioritization of HIV cure in the global health agenda by supporting a well-informed, multidisciplinary network

Contact

[email protected] 

With support from:

Upcoming events

2023 HIV Cure & Immunotherapy Forum

The IAS Towards an HIV Cure initiative is organizing the HIV Cure & Immunotherapy Forum alongside IAS 2023, the 12th IAS Conference on HIV Science. The 2023 Forum will focus on the intersection between immunotherapy and HIV cure research.

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Related resources

Research Priorities for an HIV Cure: IAS Global Scientific Strategy 2021

The science in context (EN)
La science en contexte (FR)
La ciencia en contexto (ES)
A ciência em contexto (PT)

Research Priorities for an HIV Cure: IAS Global Scientific Strategy 2021

Non-technical Q and A – Hosted by i-Base

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International AIDS Society global scientific strategy: towards an HIV cure 2016

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Towards an HIV cure: a global scientific strategy (2012)

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Reports

Global investment in HIV cure research research and development in 2019
Global investment in HIV cure research research and development in 2020

Towards an HIV Cure Advisory Board

Towards an HIV Cure Advisory Board

  • Charu Kaushic, Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), Canada

  • Diana Finzi, NIAID/NIH, United States

  • Florence Thune, Sidaction, France

  • Glaudina Loots, Department of Science & Technology, South Africa

  • Glenda Gray, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa

  • Maureen Goodenow, NIH-OAR, United States

  • Remko van Leeuwen, Aidsfonds, The Netherlands

  • Meg Doherty, WHO, Switzerland

  • Michaela Müller-Trutwin, ANRS and Institut Pasteur, France

  • Mike McCune, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United States

  • Mitchell Warren, AVAC, United States

  • Moses Supercharger Nsubuga, Stigmaless, Uganda

  • Peter Godfrey-Faussett, UNAIDS, Switzerland

  • Richard Jefferys, Treatment Action Group (TAG), United States

  • Rowena Johnston, amfAR, United States

  • Sharon Lewin, The Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia

  • Steve Deeks, UCSF, United States

  • Thumbi Ndung'u, University of KwaZulu-Natal and AHRI, South Africa

  • Yiming Shao, CDC, China