European AIDS Vaccine Trials

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European AIDS Vaccine Trials

• An advocacy agenda

Marion Zibelli EATGs Vaccine Working
Group marion_at_eatg.org
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• Or,
• Voulez-vous...

... vous joindre aux défenseurs des vaccins
contre le sida, ce soir ? Do you want to join
AIDS vaccine advocates tonight?
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Once upon a time...

• Katy De Clercq, Belgium
• Maxime Journiac, France
• Simone Marcotullio, Italy
• Vlastimil Mayer, Slovak Republic
• Julian Meldrum, UK
• Jo Robinson, UK
• Maite Suárez, The Netherlands
• Joan Tallada, Spain
• Emmanuel Trénado, France
• Filippo von Schloesser, Italy
• Matthias Wienold, Germany
• Marion Zibelli, Spain (Chair)

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• We are all
• European HIV treatment activists...

• ...and we are also
• European AIDS vaccine advocates.

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Some will say we live in sin!
We dont believe so.

• We believe in the benefit and the necessity to
  join advocacy on HIV/AIDS treatments and new HIV
  preventive technologies, such as vaccines.

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• So lets unite!

• But why?

• But how?

• And when?

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• So lets unite!
• But why?
• But how?
• And when?

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• The world needs that access to HIV drugs and the
  best SOC be offered to people who urgently need
  them.

• The world needs an AIDS vaccine.
• Europe needs an AIDS vaccine.

• Scaling-up access to treatment ?? Enhancing
  capacity for vaccine trials

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• So lets unite!
• But why?
• But how?
• And when?

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HIV treatment activists and AIDS vaccine
advocates in Europe Common agendas

• 1. Inform and educate
• Community
• Civil society
• Policy makers
• MPs
• Medias

• 2. Lobby
• Governements
• MPs
• Policy makers

• Both at country, EU and international level.

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And many more issues in common...

• Science and clinical trials
• Equity Pricing
• Patents
• Regulatory aspects
• Manufacturing
• Delivery
• National Plans
• CABs

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Money, money, money

• With few resources available, what should be our
  priority?

Wait a second...
Its not either, or. Its more! Frans van den
Boom, IAVI Europe
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• So lets unite!
• But why?
• But how?
• And when?

Ce soir?
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• Lets continue the discussion...
• Vaccines_at_eatg.org
• Thank you.