Principles

The AAVP:

· Involves all countries in the region.

· Coordinates efforts with the International Partnership Against AIDS in Africa (IPAA) and with other regional and national HIV programmes.

· Serves as a transparent collaborative process, with equitable participation of multiple partners, from the public and private sector, from countries in the region, and from the international community.

· Is being developed as a long-term and sustainable effort.

· Promotes research with the utmost respect for human rights.

· Aspires to the highest ethical and scientific standards.

· Ensures full community participation.

· Promotes simultaneous development and evaluation of several candidate vaccines, focusing on those deemed more appropriate for the region.

· Contributes to the development of HIV vaccines, consistent with the concept of an international public good.