hiv vaccine awareness day – may 18, 2016
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD) is observed annually on May 18th. This observance provides an opportunity to recognize and thank the many volunteers, community members, health professionals, and scientists who are working together to find a safe and effective preventive HIV vaccine. It is also a day to educate communities across the nation about the importance of preventive HIV vaccine research.
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day commemorates U.S. President Bill Clinton’s 1997 declaration that, “Only a truly effective, preventive HIV vaccine can limit and eventually eliminate the threat of AIDS.”
HIV/AIDS is still neither contained nor manageable. In 2014, AIDS killed more than 1.2 million people globally and HIV newly infected 2 million people, with two-thirds of them in Sub-Saharan Africa.
According to the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, “The world needs an AIDS vaccine and science can get us there.”
Additional Resources
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
The World Needs an Aids Vaccine
MCN Foundation, More Care Now, mission is to increase patient care and safety through web-based healthcare education, skills building and entrepreneurial endeavors in order to promote and maintain the health of families and communities. Our purpose is to educate individuals, providers and organizations in developing countries around the world through healthcare education and entrepreneurial investment in order to nurture and grow healthy families and communities.
