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HIV Prevention in a Time of COVID-19: A Report from the HIVR4P // Virtual Conference 2021.

ABSTRACT: The HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P) conference catalyzes knowledge sharing on biomedical HIV prevention interventions such as HIV vaccines, antibody infusions, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and microbicides in totality-from the molecular details and delivery formulations to the behavioral, social, and structural underpinnings. HIVR4P // Virtual was held over the course of 2 weeks on January 27-28 and February 3-4, 2021 as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continued to inflict unprecedented harm globally. The HIVR4P community came together with 1,802 researchers, care providers, policymakers, implementers, and advocates from 92 countries whose expertise spanned the breadth of the HIV prevention pipeline from preclinical to implementation. The program included 113 oral and 266 poster presentations. This article presents a brief summary of the conference highlights. Complete abstracts, webcasts, and daily rapporteur summaries may be found on the conference website (https://www.hivr4p.org/).

SUBMITTER: Laher F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9131040 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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HIV Prevention in a Time of COVID-19: A Report from the HIVR4P // Virtual Conference 2021.

Laher Fatima F Richardson Simone I SI Smith Philip P Sullivan Patrick S PS Abrahams Andrea G AG Asowata Osaretin E OE Bitangumutwenzi Patrick P Dabee Smritee S Dollah Annabell A Fernandez Natalia N Langat Robert K RK Bose Devi Leena DL Likhitwonnawut Udom U Mullick Ranajoy R Resop Rachel S RS Sutar Jyoti J Thompson-Hall Ashaki Nzingha AN Traeger Michael W MW Tuyishime Marina M Wambui Jacque J Bekker Linda-Gail LG Kaleebu Pontiano P McCormack Sheena S O'Connor David H DH Warren Mitchell M Torri Tamara T Thyagarajan Bargavi B

AIDS research and human retroviruses 20211125 5

The HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P) conference catalyzes knowledge sharing on biomedical HIV prevention interventions such as HIV vaccines, antibody infusions, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and microbicides in totality-from the molecular details and delivery formulations to the behavioral, social, and structural underpinnings. HIVR4P // Virtual was held over the course of 2 weeks on January 27-28 and February 3-4, 2021 as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continued to inflict unp ...[more]

PMID: 34714100

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HIV Prevention in a Time of COVID-19: A Report from the HIVR4P // Virtual Conference 2021.

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HIV Prevention in a Time of COVID-19: A Report from the HIVR4P // Virtual Conference 2021.

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