NIAID Recognizes Volunteers on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

When: May 18, 2003
Where: Nationwide
Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Preventive vaccine clinical trial sites, supported by NIAID, will sponsor a variety of activities for the Sixth Annual HIV Vaccine Awareness Day on May 18. The events honor thousands of HIV-negative, healthy volunteers who have literally rolled up their sleeves to receive one of 33 different experimental vaccines to prevent HIV. This year's events emphasize educational and outreach efforts to help people understand why a vaccine would be the best way to stop the spread of HIV, what it will take to develop an effective vaccine and how ordinary people can be part of the international effort to find a way to prevent HIV from ravaging their communities.

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For more information, contact James Hadley at (301) 435-8598 or by e-mail at jhadley@niaid.nih.gov.

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