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World AIDS Vaccine Day, also known as HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, is observed annually on May 18.

HIV vaccine mark the day by promoting the continued urgent need for a vaccine to prevent HIV infection and AIDS.

They acknowledge and thank the thousands of volunteers, community members, health professionals, supporters and scientists who are working together to find a safe and effective AIDS vaccine.

The international community recognize the importance of investing in new technologies as a critical element of a comprehensive response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

The concept of World AIDS Vaccine Day is rooted in a May 18, 1997 commencement speech at Morgan State University made by President Bill Clinton.

Clinton challenged the world to set new goals in the emerging age of science and technology and develop an AIDS vaccine.

Within the next decade stating, “Only a truly effective, preventive HIV vaccine can limit and eventually eliminate the threat of AIDS.”

The first World AIDS Vaccine Day was observed on May 18, 1998 to commemorate the anniversary of Clinton’s speech, and the tradition continues today.

Each year communities around the globe hold a variety of activities on World AIDS Vaccine Day.

It raises awareness for AIDS vaccines, educate communities about HIV prevention and research for an AIDS vaccine and bring attention to the ways in which ordinary people can be a part of the international effort to stem the pandemic.

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) is a global not-for-profit, public-private partnership working to accelerate the development of vaccines to prevent HIV infection and AIDS.

IAVI researches and develops vaccine candidates, conducts policy analyses, serves as an advocate for the HIV prevention field and engages communities in the trial process and AIDS vaccine education.

The organization takes a comprehensive approach to HIV and AIDS that supports existing HIV prevention and treatment programs while emphasizing the need for new AIDS prevention tools.

It also works to ensure that future vaccines will be accessible to all people in the world.

In 1994, the Rockefeller Foundation convened an international meeting of AIDS researchers, vaccinologists, public health officials, and representatives from philanthropic organizations in Bellagio, Italy, to evaluate the challenges facing HIV/AIDS vaccine development and identify ways to jump-start research.

IAVI's scientific team, drawn largely from private industry, researches and develops AIDS vaccine candidates and engages in clinical trials and research through partnerships with more than 100 academic, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and governmental institutions.

WHO says as many as 75 million people have been infected with the HIV virus since the beginning of the epidemic.

World AIDS Vaccine Day spreads awareness about the urgent need for a safe, effective, and affordable HIV/AIDS vaccine.

The aim of the activities is to raise awareness of the need for AIDS vaccines and to educate people about how HIV can be prevented.

Ordinary people are reminded that they can also play a part in ending the pandemic.

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