HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

HIV Vaccine Awareness Day is May 18th

In our other awareness days for HIV/AIDS we discuss what HIV/AIDS is, the history of the disease, and the landmarks researchers and doctors have made in understanding of HIV/AIDS and in hopes of creating a vaccine.

Bringing Awareness

HIV Vaccination Day is a day each year that is to recognize many volunteers, community members, health professionals, and scientists who are working together to find a preventive HIV vaccine. It is also a day to bring awareness to communities and educate about the importance of preventive HIV vaccine research. HIV research also includes efforts to develop a vaccine for HIV treatment (called a therapeutic vaccine). A safe and effective therapeutic HIV vaccine could prevent HIV from advancing to AIDS, replace daily use of HIV medicines, and help eliminate HIV from the body. A safe and effective preventive HIV vaccine is key to ending the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Published Research About HIV Vaccines

• Research about preventive HIV vaccines
• Research about therapeutic HIV vaccines
• Research about preventive and therapeutic HIV vaccines

Ways to Observe HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

You can observe this day of awareness by educating yourself and others, donating to research and advocation groups for HIV/AIDS, and you can also practice safe sex and get regular testing in order to keep yourselves and others safe and to flatten that curve of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.