SA Launches Clinical Trials of AIDS Vaccine

(20 July 09 - RV) South Africa launched clinical trials of the first AIDS vaccine created by a developing country today, as the 5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention entered its first full day of sessions. The Executive Director of the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, Mitchell Warren, spoke with us from South Africa, to say that we have reached a pivotal moment in the fight against HIV/AIDS…