HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
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18th May, 2020
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- HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD), also known as World AIDS Vaccine Day is observed annually on May 18th as a day to educate communities across the world about the importance of HIV vaccine research.
- The concept of World AIDS Vaccine Day is rooted in a May 18, 1997 commencement speech at Morgan State University made by then-President Bill Clinton.
- The first World AIDS Vaccine Day was observed on May 18, 1998 to commemorate the anniversary of Clinton’s speech, and the tradition continues today.
- It is also an opportunity to educate communities about the importance of preventive HIV vaccine research.
- A safe and effective preventive HIV vaccine is key to ending the HIV pandemic.
- National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) leads this observance.
