First Lady hosts Africa AIDS Vaccine Programme Roundtable

NEW YORK - The First Lady, Mrs. Jeannette Kagame, as the High Representative for the AIDS Vaccine Programme (AAVP), Wednesday hosted a roundtable luncheon based on the Research and Development for an HIV Vaccine for Africa. The Luncheon took place at the UN Headquarters in New York. Among those present at the meeting were members of the HIV vaccine research community, such as Dr. Seth Berkley, President and CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), Dr. Alan Bernstein, Executive Director of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise (GHVE), the Director General of WHO, Dr. Margaret Chan, Dr. Peter Piot, Director of UNAIDS and members of the AAVP.