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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Government of India and IAVI to accelerate efforts to develop a preventive AIDS vaccine. The AIDS vaccine programme places great emphasis on the involvement of affected communities and civil society and in transparency of all aspects of clinical trial processes. A National Advisory Board was constituted to guide the programme. This Board comprises senior members of the Government of India, UN organisations, human rights activists, ethicists, economists, lawyers, health and gender experts and leading national and international NGOs. It is divided into four subgroups that focus on communications, science, access to a vaccine and social issues and meets biannually.

The National Advisory Board members advise the programme in the following areas:

  • Information dissemination
  • Ethics of clinical trials
  • Gender and human rights issues in clinical trials.
  • Issues of stigma related to participation in vaccine trials and access of HIV/AIDS vaccines
  • Development of guidelines and protocols
  • Research Protocols
 Existing Board Members
Ms. K. Sujatha Rao
Chairperson
Additional Secretary & Project Director, NACO
Professor N K Ganguly
Co-Chairperson
Director General, ICMR
Dr Lalit Kant
Senior Deputy Director General, ICMR
Dr. Ramesh Paranjape
National AIDS Research Institute
Dr. Denis Broun
Country Coordinator, UNAIDS
Dr. Saleem J Habayeb
WHO Representative
Dr. Dinesh Agarwal
Technical Adviser (RH), UNFPA
Dr. Leela Visaria
Consultant
Gujarat Institute for Development Research
Mr. Alok Mukhopadhyay
Executive Director
Voluntary Health Association of India
Ms. Madhu Bala Nath
Regional Director, South Asia Region
International Planned Parenthood Federation
Dr. Nina Puri
President, Family Planning Association of India
Dr. Mira Shiva
Director, Women Health & Development
Voluntary Health Association of India
Dr Protim Ray
Doctor-In-Charge, STD/HIV Intervention Programme
Ms Anjali Gopalan
NAZ Foundation (India) Trust
HIV / AIDS and Sexual Health Agency
Dr. M. Prakasamma
Director, Academy for Nursing Studies
Dr. Ravi Verma
Programme Associate, Horizons Project Population Council
Dr. Suniti Solomon
Director, YRG CARE for AIDS Research and Education
Mr. Anand Grover
Project Director, Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit (PMU)
Mr. K K Abraham
President, INP+
Mr. Ashay Kunurkar
Positive Peoples' Foundation
Ms. Anandi Yuvraj
Programme Manager
HIV-SRH
PATH-India
Ms Indrani Gupta
Head of Policy Research,
Institute of Economic Growth
Lt. General D Raghunath
Principal Executive,
Sir Dorabji Tata Centre for Research in Tropical Diseases
Dr P M Bhargava
Anveshna
Dr Amar Jesani
Co-ordinator
Centre for Research in Ethics and Rights
Ms. Bachi Karkaria
National Metro Editor, The Times of India
Mr. R. Prasad
Special Correspondent, The Hindu
Mr. Kapil Sibal
Minister of State, Science Technology & Ocean Development
Dr R Senthil
Member of Parliament, PMK
Suresh Prabhu
Member of Parliament, Shiv Sena
Dr. P R Narayanan
Director, Tuberculosis Research Centre
Dr C N Deivanayangam
President, Health India Foundation
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 AIDS - A Global Pandemic
There were an estimated 2.1 million deaths due to AIDS in 2007; 76% of those deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa.
 HIV/AIDS in India

Distribution of People Living with HIV/AIDS among high burden states of India
(Source: NACO, 2007).

The ratio of women to men living with HIV/AIDS has been steadily increasing over the past decade.

AIDS now ranks as one of the leading causes of death for women between 20 & 40 years of age in parts of Europe, sub-Saharan Africa and North America

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