Although there is currently no vaccine that prevents or treats HIV, over 85 vaccines have been tested since HIV was first discovered in the early 1980s. This press kit includes basic information on how vaccines work and what types of vaccines are used in HIV vaccine research. A history of major HIV vaccine trials is also provided. Ethical guidelines and a useful contacts and resources list round off this press pack.
The project is jointly managed by the Anova Health Institute and the Journalism and Media Studies Programme at the University of the Witwatersrand, and supported by the Health Communication Partnership based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Centre for Communication Programmes and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS relief through the United States Agency for International Development under terms of Award No. JH/HESA-02-05.
We review local media coverage of HIV and support South African media practitioners covering HIV issues. Whether you’re a journalist, script writer or radio producer, here you’ll find the information and contacts you need to produce healthy media. The website is maintained by the HIV & AIDS Media Project.
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