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Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative

Consultation on CHVI Funding Programs

February 10-12, 2008
Ottawa, Ontario

Table of Contents

ACRONYMS

AAVP African AIDS Vaccine Programs
ADAPT African Development of AIDS Prevention Trial Capacity
AMC Advance market commitments
AVAC AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
CAVD Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery
CHAVI Center for HIV-AIDS Vaccine Immunology
CHVI Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative
CIDA Canadian International Development Agency
CIET Community Information and Epidemiological Technologies
CIHR Canadian Institutes of Health Research
EDCTP European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
EUROVAC European Vaccine Effort against HIV/ AIDS
GAVI Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization
GHRI Global Health Research Initiative
GPP Good Participatory Practice Guidelines (Joint AVAC and UNAIDS document)
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HVTN HIV Vaccine Clinical Trials Network
IAVI International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
IFFIm International Finance Facility for Immunization
IFFND International Finance Facility for Neglected Diseases
IGWG Interagency Gender Working Group
LMIC Low and Middle Income Country
MDGs Millennium Development Goals
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
PDP Product Development Partnerships
PHAC Public Health Agency of Canada
R&D Research and Development
RFA Request for Application
RFP Request for Proposal
SAAVI South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative
TB Tuberculosis
UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS