Take Action
Rectal microbicide advocacy includes YOU.
Please join our efforts. Whether you are a microbicide expert or a novice, an advocate, policymaker, scientist or simply someone who finds this stuff interesting, we need YOU. If we are to realize our goals, we need your energy, your creativity, and your passion.
Learn about IRMA's Latin American chapter, IRMA-ALC
Learn about IRMA Nigeria.
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Send us a note requesting more information.
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Developing safe, effective, acceptable and accessible rectal microbicides as quickly as possible for the women and men who need them globally requires the concerted efforts of advocates, researchers, policy makers and funders from all parts of the world. This means YOU.
If you only have 5 to 10 minutes…
• Read one fact sheet or news item on rectal microbicides from the website
• Sign up for the IRMA listserv through the website
• Pass along our web address and contact information to another advocate,
researcher, policy maker or potential funder.
If you only have 30 to 60 minutes…
• Dial-in to one of IRMA’s regular free teleconferences featuring world leaders in
the field of rectal microbicide research and advocacy
• Read some of the excellent resources here, including our new report From Promise to Product: Advancing Rectal Microbicide Research and Advocacy in IRMA Materials
• Download one of the prepared presentations and host a discussion with your
co-workers or other group in IRMA Materials.
• Talk to other members in your community about your interest in rectal
microbicides
If you want to engage actively in shaping the rectal microbicide field…
• Join one of IRMA’s working groups to help us meet our objectives
• Offer to join IRMA’s Steering Committee
• Become your community’s spokesperson for the research and development
of safe, effective and acceptable rectal microbicides by enlisting organizational
support, conducting ongoing presentations and strategically engaging the media
with support and direction from IRMA
• Reach out to advocates, researchers, policy makers and funders and ask them to
join IRMA, to create policy that illuminates the importance of rectal microbicides,
and to provide financial support for research and advocacy activities
Learn about IRMA's Latin American chapter, IRMA-ALC
Learn about IRMA Nigeria.
Sign up for our highly active, moderated listserv here.
Send us a note requesting more information.
Click here for membership info.
Click here for more pictures from Microbicides 2010.
Click here for more pictures from Microbicides 2008.
