History
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. Concluding that there was a gap in existing vaccine development efforts – particularly in applied vaccine development and in coordinated international scientific activities and funding strategies – participants called for a new type of organization to accelerate the development of an AIDS vaccine. These meetings resulted in the establishment of IAVI in 1996, as an international non-governmental organization tasked with aggressively pursuing previously neglected approaches to AIDS vaccine development.
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