CHAA Vice Chair, Rev Alan Bain, broadcast on eight BBC Radio stations across the UK to mark World AIDS day 2009. Speaking of the work of CHAA member ACET UK, Rev Bain also spoke of the need to be vigilant  because of the 8% rise in infections in the UK.

Rev Bain was interviewed on BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Kent, BBC Tees, BBC Cambs, BBC West Midlands, BBC Bristol, BBC Leeds and BBC Stoke.

UNAIDS,  Patnership Advisor, Sally Smith, said " Well done to you all for this. Thank you for all the work that you are doing on HIV."

To hear the broadcasts click here.

Rev. Alan Bain, Vice Chair of CHAA visited CHAA member, ACET's, work in Odessa in the Ukraine in November. He said "The ACET team is involved at a very deep level in the fight against HIV and AIDS in Odessa ; a centre for sex traffiking to Europe. The ACET team are doing an invaluable work in the prevention of HIV increase in the area." See more of Alan's report here.

CHAA was represented at the "Partners in World Mission" Conference held in November in Swanick conference centre, Derbyshire. The conference draws together the mission partners from the Anglican communion who are involved in links  throughout the world. Shown here, Rev Alan Bain Vice Chair of CHAA gives  Prof. Wonsuk, Tutor of Global Christianity, Oxford Centre for mission studies a copy of CHAA's creed for the AIDS pandemic. 

When the U.S. Army and its collaborators in Thailand announced that a large clinical trial of an AIDS vaccine had lowered the rate of new HIV infections by about one-third, researchers were encouraged. Although it was only a modest reduction, it was the first positive result from any AIDS vaccine trial.

Now some researchers who have seen more of the data in confidential briefings are complaining that a fuller analysis undermines even cautious claims of success, and they are raising questions about the way the results were announced. See more here.

A cautious welcome has been given to the announcement of a new Vaccine to fight AIDS. The Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise hailed a significant results from HIV vaccine study in Thailand this week. See further details here

 Listen to a news report here including comments from CHAA member  Christian Medical Fellowship.

See the Science Insider report here, which casts doubt on the relevance of the new findings.

See details of the AIDS Vaccine conference in Paris in October here.