AIDS Therapies

NIH Announces New International Network to Study HIV Prevention Strategies

Published in AIDS Weekly, July 31st, 2000

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on July 12, 2000, the formation of the international HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) to develop and test promising non-vaccine strategies to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.

The global initiative will explore alternative measures, besides AIDS vaccines, that may be able to block or reduce infection with HIV. The HPTN will constitute NIH's largest comprehensive multicenter network dedicated to this task, comprising core operational, data and laboratory centers, as well as research sites located worldwide in Africa (Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe), Asia (China, India, and...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2000-07-31)

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