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From:	Gabriel ADEYEMO [ profile ]
Subject:	African leaders asked to help fund HIV vaccine research
Sent:	Sep 19th, 2011 - 07:01:36

	Source:* Nhyira News* AUTHOR: Ohemeng Tawiah http://edition.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201109/72779.php Fellow Advocates, African leaders are being challenged to commit themselves to the fight against HIV-AIDS by allocating more resources for research into finding a cure. An official of HIV Vaccine Trials Network, an international collaboration of scientists searching for effective and safe vaccines, says Africa should go beyond donor recipients to contributing positively to HIV vaccine research. Executive Director, Dr. James Kublin, says though the continent faces economic challenges, there is a lot Africa can offer if leadership demonstrates commitment. He spoke to Nhyira FM's Ohemeng Tawiah at a training programme for journalists ahead of this year's AIDS Vaccine Conference in Bangkok, Thailand... lauded efforts by scientists to find effective and safe HIV vaccines because he believes such intervention provides hope for people living with the disease. Dr. Kublin however criticized African politicians for providing inaccurate data on HIV prevalence in their respective countries for political expediency... He said though some African governments have done well, especially, in reducing discrimination and stigmatization, the same cannot be said of resource allocation for research. Dr. Kublin believes any such contribution from African leaders would be "a great gesture no matter how small it would be. "African countries now have many economic challenges. We know that, but I think it would be very encouraging to see African leadership contributing to HIV Vaccine research and development", Dr. Kublin explained. "It may not be a major portion of the work that is being done. But if they can contribute just a small amount, it would be a great gesture to the world that they are also committed to ending this global problem". "I would love to see more advocacies by the African politicians and leadership for HIV vaccine research"... More information available on the link above -- Many Thanks Yours' in Prevention Science Gabriel, ADEYEMO Regional Focal Point - West Africa Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AID (GYCA) +234-80-6798-7317 \| gabriel (at) gyca.org www.gyca.org \| www.tigweb.org GYCA is a youth-led global network of more than 5,500 young leaders and adult allies working on youth and HIV/AIDS in over 173 countries world-wide. GYCA's mission is to empower young leaders with the skills, knowledge, resources and opportunities they need to scale up HIV/AIDS interventions amongst their peers. Universal Access is possible; * Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination and Zero AIDS-related deaths.*

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