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‘An estimated 33 million people are living with HIV globally and 2.6 million people were newly infected with HIV last year. The past three decades have seen extraordinary advances in treatment and testing of HIV, and there has also been some significant progress on the challenging path to developing new tools to prevent HIV.
‘HIV awareness and education will always be essential to HIV prevention efforts, but no other health intervention is more cost effective or has a greater impact on public health than vaccination. An effective HIV vaccine could have the potential to eradicate the spread of HIV and with recent studies from IAVI and its partners showing further positive steps in scientific research, we are increasingly optimistic that one day a vaccine against HIV will be a reality for the millions of people who need it.’