World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day is here and we want to say a big thanks for supporting us, from the team at Imperial College.

Today we remember there are 35.5 million people living worldwide with HIV, with some parts of the world disproportionately affected.

In the UK around 100,000 people are living with HIV, with 1 in 5 still undiagnosed. The 2 groups most affected are gay and bisexual men and black African heterosexuals.

Today we all remember how far we have come in the fight against HIV. We remember those who have lost their lives, and those who have worked so hard to develop new therapies, support those living with HIV, and raise awareness not just today but all year round.

A special thank you to all our CUTHIVAC volunteers- by giving up your time you are contributing to ongoing and vital research as we continue to work towards a vaccine.

So thank you!

 

World AIDS day- sign up now to help HIV vaccines

 

As World AIDS day approaches next week, the vaccine trial team would like to ask for your support. New trials will be starting in 2015 and to make these work we need participants. Recruiting to trials like these isn’t always easy. We have made great progress with our online presence and gained lots of new Help Make History members, Facebook subscribers and Twitter followers as well as blog readers. However, we still need our database of potential participants to grow.

Taking part in a trial like this might not have crossed your mind before, but you can make a real difference to this important research by doing so. You can see posts from people who have taken part in a vaccine trial and shared their experiences here:

Story of a CUTHIVAC participant

Inspiration and electroporation

By giving us your email address, we can let you know when trials are open to recruitment and provide you with detailed information. If these are of interest to you, you can then let us know. We won’t hound you with endless emails or send you irrelevant information, we will simply inform you of trials you might be interested in taking part in.

The link is to the left, simply click on ‘take part in our online form’ and leave us your name and email address.

The more people who sign up, the more likely our trials are to succeed.

Give your time and together we could advance the prevention of HIV.