“We’re getting closer to the HIV cure.”
So said Professor Glenda Gray, from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), in response to the $45 million (R867m) grant being awarded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement a programme called “HIV Vaccine Innovation, Science, and Technology Acceleration in Africa (HIV-Vista).”
Gray, who will lead the programme, said the grant was awarded through a competitive