The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated lives, healthcare systems and economies around the world. Research has not escaped unscathed. Clinical trials have been difficult to maintain during the pandemic. This is due to a combination of halts to non-urgent clinical services and work from home directives. In addition, many people involved in clinical trials shifted focus…
What is the INSPIRE project? HIV cure research doesn’t happen in a bubble. The bodies and lives of people living with HIV are impacted by research. The whole process needs community input and engagement. The INSPIRE project is working to develop new models and educational strategies for encouraging community engagement in HIV cure research. INSPIRE…
A new project seeks to put the principles of community involvement in research into action. The INSPIRE project has been funded through the Melbourne HIV Cure Consortium in Melbourne, Australia. International best practice, and the United Nations, endorse the principles of Greater Involvement of People with HIV and AIDS (GIPA). GIPA emphasises the ethical and practical…
The partnerships forged between people living with HIV and researchers have been an essential foundation upon which the response to the HIV epidemic has grown. The time has come to reaffirm and recommit to principles of inclusion and respect in the conduct of presenting research findings that impacts on our lives. The early years of…
This beautiful photographic essay was compiled by The Alfred in Melbourne, and all credit for this article goes to their amazing teams and the people they care for. This article is shared with permission of The Alfred.
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Working together with researchers and clinicians at The Alfred, members of the community of people living with HIV in Victoria have been integral to progressing ...
