Did you know that the first HIV vaccine trial in Africa was carried out in Uganda, by Ugandan scientists?
Research in finding solutions to HIV/AIDS has been wide and varied. In-roads have been made towards finding a vaccine, as new concepts such as microbicides are introduced.
Circumcision, now a proven intervention towards the prevention of HIV, used to be a traditonal and religous ritual. What this shows is that there is hope to finding a lasting solution to HIV.
Though decades later, the realization of a proven HIV vaccine still eludes scientists, the progress that has been made in other interventions gives the scientists hope that a vaccine can be found.
This hope is expressed in the last edition of our series on HIV at 30. Tune in to a radio station in your area and understand the progress that has been made in the field, and where the research is heading in the next few years.
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