Report Examines Role of Gender in AIDS Vaccine Research; Web Resource Adds HIV/AIDS Reference Libraries

• "Gender in AIDS Vaccine Trials: Addressing Challenges in Developing Countries," International AIDS Vaccine Initiative: The report addresses the social, cultural, economic and legal factors that affect the participation of men and women in HIV/AIDS vaccine clinical trials, women's subsequent access to new technologies and the "critical issues" related to both women's and men's participation in such trials (Kapoor, "Gender in AIDS Vaccine Trials," IAVI, November 2004).
  
  
• KaiserEDU HIV/AIDS Reference Libraries: KaiserEDU -- which was developed by the Kaiser Family Foundation to provide health policy students and faculty access to data, literature, news and developments -- recently added new HIV/AIDS reference libraries. The libraries include links to HIV/AIDS information (KaiserEDU, 11/23).