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    NIAID's HIV/AIDS Research Program

    Although progress has been made in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, the epidemic continues to devastate the United States and the international community with 56,300 new HIV infections each year in the U.S. and an estimated 33 million people living with HIV worldwide. As the leading U.S. government institute for HIV/AIDS research, NIAID is committed to conducting the research necessary to successfully end the fight against HIV/AIDS.

    Through laboratories and clinics on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Md., and a vast network of supported research at universities, medical centers and clinical trial sites around the globe, NIAID is working to better understand HIV and how it causes disease, find new tools to prevent HIV infection including a preventive vaccine, develop new and more effective treatments for people infected with HIV, and hopefully, find a cure.

    Learn more about NIAID’s role in HIV/AIDS research.

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  • Highlights

     

    Dr. Carl DieffenbachVideo

    Division of AIDS Director discusses NIAID's HIV/AIDS research.

    Woman and childResearch Feature

    Read how NIH funding has enabled one Tanzania site to conduct HIV research.

    News and Events

    Scientists Learn Why Even Treated Genital Herpes Sores Boost the Risk of HIV Infection—Aug. 3, 2009

    Bulletin: Study Suggests Immune Systems of Untreated HIV-Infected Individuals May Deteriorate Faster than Previously Thought—July 29, 2009

    Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., on National HIV Testing Day—June 23, 2009

    Bulletin: NIAID Invites Applications to Conduct Basic Research on HIV Persistence—June 16, 2009

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    Volunteer for Clinical Studies
    Volunteer for NIAID-funded clinical studies related to HIV on ClinicalTrials.gov.

    See Also

  • NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, M.D.
  • The Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (DAIDS)
  • The Division of Intramural Research (DIR)
  • The Vaccine Research Center (VRC)
  • Global Research
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Related Links

    HIV/AIDS Awareness Days
    Awareness Days are designed to educate, motivate and mobilize local communities in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

    Be the generation: join us, be the generation that ends AIDS
    Be The Generation describes how you can get involved in important HIV vaccine research.

    AIDSinfo offers more information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and research.
    infoSIDA (en español)

    View a list of links for more information about HIV and AIDS. 

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    E-mail update Receive notifications by e-mail when NIAID updates information on HIV/AIDS.

    Volunteer for Clinical Studies
    Volunteer for NIAID-funded clinical studies related to HIV on ClinicalTrials.gov.

    See Also

  • NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, M.D.
  • The Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (DAIDS)
  • The Division of Intramural Research (DIR)
  • The Vaccine Research Center (VRC)
  • Global Research
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Related Links

    HIV/AIDS Awareness Days
    Awareness Days are designed to educate, motivate and mobilize local communities in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

    Be the generation: join us, be the generation that ends AIDS
    Be The Generation describes how you can get involved in important HIV vaccine research.

    AIDSinfo offers more information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and research.
    infoSIDA (en español)

    View a list of links for more information about HIV and AIDS. 

    NIAID Publications order form Order Publications

    NIAID Publications order form