G20 Okayama Health Ministers’ Meeting: lessons learned and way forward

HIV vaccines: lessons learned and the way forward.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW An effective HIV vaccine is a global health priority. We describe lessons learned from four HIV vaccine trials that failed to demonstrate efficacy and one that showed modest protection as a pathway forward. RECENT FINDINGS The Merck Ad5 phase IIb T-cell vaccine failed to show efficacy and might have increased the risk of HIV acquisition in men who have sex with men. Although...

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment in the Military: Lessons Learned and a Way Forward

Lessons Learned and Directions Forward

G. Michael Felker, MD, MHS; Peter S. Pang, MD; Kirkwood F. Adams, MD; John G.F. Cleland, MD; Gad Cotter, MD; Kenneth Dickstein, MD; Gerasimos S. Filippatos, MD; Gregg C. Fonarow, MD; Barry H. Greenberg, MD; Adrian F. Hernandez, MD, MHS; Sadiya Khan, MD; Michel Komajda, MD; Marvin A. Konstam, MD; Peter P. Liu, MD; Aldo P. Maggioni, MD; Barry M. Massie, MD; John J. McMurray, MD; Mandeep Mehra, MD...

Stakeholder Engagement in HIV Cure Research: Lessons Learned from Other HIV Interventions and the Way Forward.

Clinical and basic science advances have raised considerable hope for achieving an HIV cure by accelerating research. This research is dominated primarily by issues about the nature and design of current and future clinical trials. Stakeholder engagement for HIV cure remains in its early stages. Our analysis examines timing and mechanisms of historical stakeholder engagement in other HIV resear...

Pandemic 2009-2010 influenza vaccine: six lessons learned and the way forward (Allegro not Adagio).

In June 2009 the WHO declared the first influenza pandemic of he 21st century. At least twowaves of the pandemicwere discernble – a Spring 2009 wave, and a Fall-Winter 2010 wave. Now that he second wave of the pandemic has subsided, it is appropriate o look back and begin to ask questions that might inform future andemic vaccine response efforts. It appears that the first cases of influenza-lik...