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Microbicides 2008
Lori Heise receives Inaugural Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence in HIV Prevention Research Community Advocacy
Microbicides 2008 has concluded with awards being made to Lori Heise, Director of the Global Campaign for Microbicides and Srikrishnan Aylur, Research Manager at the Y.R. Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education in Chennai, India.Heise was honored for her international leadership and commitment to the involvement of communities in microbicide research as partners, and her visionary leadership as a founder of the Global Campaign for Microbicides. The selection committee praised Heise’s practice in cultivating leadership and inspiring advocates worldwide. It is with this mandate, that she has led the Campaign to use its resources to build capacity, support leadership, and implement joint projects with other NGOs, many of them now vital leaders. The committee highlighted one referee’s words in saying, “the field of microbicide advocacy is the lengthened shadow of one woman, Lori Heise”.
Official announcement of the award
Closing Ceremony Speech by Peter Piot, Director, UNAIDS
Report from UNAIDS on the Closing Ceremony
Overview of GCM activities at M2008
GCM made four oral presentations at the conference:
“Impact of donor-imposed requirements and restrictions on standard of care in microbicide trials” 
PowerPoint Presentation
“The missing chapter of the microbicide development strategy: Addressing the priority gaps and barriers to full civil society engagement” PowerPoint Presentation
“Managing expectations and unexpected results: The role of the microbicides media and communications initiative (MMCI)” PowerPoint Presentation, coming soon
"Not just participants: recognizing the critical need for sex workers' voices in microbicide research & development" PowerPoint Presentation
Posters:
1. Choices for Women: Advocating for Multiple Female-initiated Prevention Methods (co-author)
2. Lessons Learned from Engaging African Diaspora Communities in Microbicide Advocacy (co-authored with the UK African Working Group on Microbicides)
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Microbicide Access to HIV Care and Treatment in Microbicide Effectiveness Trials (author)
4. Assessing the Policy and Funding Environment for Microbicides Development and Introduction (author)
5. Microbicide Advocacy Aimed at Decision Makers in Brussels (co-authored with the German Foundation for World Population/DSW)
6. Carrying the Load: Counseling in HIV Prevention Trials (author)
Other inputs:
Preliminary findings and consensus recommendations from our Standard of Care Mapping Exercise at the “Establishing the Standard of Care in HIV Prevention Trials” panel discussionPowerPoint PresentationRead the Draft Summary
Symposium on “HIV+ Women and Community” Key Note Address
Co-chaired session on “Defining the ‘community’ and the importance of partnerships for HIV research"
Moderation for a cross-track session entitled “When clinical trials end: challenges, experiences and lessons learned”.
A daily blog thanks to volunteers from the UK Campaign for Microbicides and DfID's AIDS Portal. Scroll down to read the blog.
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M2008 Pre-Conference Workshop On Sunday, February 24th, over 185 advocates, researchers and representatives from local Delhi NGOs gathered to prepare for the week ahead with overview presentations of the state of microbicide research, the state of microbicide advocacy and a number of skillsbuilding and knowledge sessions.
Microbicides Resources, Actors & Tools
Break-Out Session: Starting to do Advocacy Break-Out Session: When Trials End: The Role of Advocacy Closing Session To conclude the day, Manju Chatani of the African Microbicides Advocacy Group (AMAG) announced for the first time the winners of the Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence in HIV Prevention Research Community Advocacy, Lori Heise of the Global Campaign for Microbicides and Aylur Kailasam Srikrishnan of YRG Care. The awards will be formally presented at the official closing ceremony of the M2008 Conference. Read the press release here. |
THE M2008 BLOGBrought to you by the UK Campaign for Microbicides
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Pictured clockwise from top left: Joe Murray, Georgina Caswell, Annabel Mowat, Sarah Pulle, Eunice Sinyemu, Toju Cline-Cole. |
