Issue No. 46

 

Should You Become an AIDS Vaccine Trial Volunteer?

Becoming an AIDS vaccine trial volunteer is a highly personal decision that requires careful thought and consideration on the part of any participant. To gain a better understanding of what it means to participate in an AIDS vaccine trial, visit the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN). HVTN is devoted to the development and testing of preventive HIV vaccines worldwide. They conduct all phases of clinical trials, from evaluating experimental vaccines for safety and the ability to stimulate immune responses, to testing vaccine efficacy. View an educational HVTN video on the importance of HIV preventive vaccines. Volunteers cannot get HIV infection or AIDS by receiving an experimental vaccine.

 

Read the AIDSinfo vaccine fact sheets, Preventive HIV Vaccines, and Therapeutic HIV Vaccines. Our Health Information Specialists are available online, on the phone at 800-448-0440, or by e-mail at: ContactUs@AIDSinfo.nih.gov.

 

Looking for HIV/AIDS Training and Resources? Check out AETC

Administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau, the AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETCs) encompass national and international centers that provide training to health care professionals who treat individuals with HIV/AIDS.  See a map of national AETCs. 

 

AETCs collaborate with numerous organizations and clinics, including Ryan White CARE Act-funded sites, local health education centers, community-based organizations, and health professional organizations. 

 

Check out the following links to see the resources available through the AETCs:

 

• AETC National Resource Center (NRC): offers a virtual library that consists of online training resources, a journal scan, and materials focused on emerging HIV-related topics
• National Minority AETC: develops services to help underserved communities and populations
• National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center: operates a Warmline (800-933-3413) for individual clinician case consultations and a PEPLine (888-448-4911) for post-exposure prophylaxis consultations

 

ClinicalTrials.gov Info

Please send comments or suggestions to ContactUs@aidsinfo.nih.gov

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