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• Welcome to FAV

The Foundation on Antivirals “FAV” is a not-for profit international organization affiliated with theInternational Consortium on Anti-Virals "ICAV"

Our primary objective is to accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of new antiviral therapies.  In so doing, the potential impact of a major pandemic infection, circling the globe within hours and killing millions, should be greatly reduced.

Our mission is to solicit - and obtain - funds to contribute to the financing of the research and development of antiviral therapies, which will be made available throughout the developing world either free or at very low cost.
 

 
• Infectious Diseases

• Infectious disease threaten us all

Worldwide, infectious diseases account for over one-fifth of all deaths, killing - some 17 million people a year....
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• The “10/90 Gap”
Despite these sobering statistics, few drugs are available to treat these diseases - and even fewer reach those in greatest need....
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• Global impact
Pandemics pose an immense threat to global social and economic security....
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did you know that

Infectious diseases are a primary cause of death in the developing countries and a major impediment to their economic and social development.

  • 2.5 million people die each year from AIDS, many of them in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Over 2.5 billion people are at risk of infection with Dengue fever; and 50 million are infected each year
  • Rotavirus, a cause of common diarrhoea, kills an estimated 600,000
    children each year
  • 170 million people are chronically infected with hepatitis C – 3% of the
    world’s population
  • In West Africa alone, there are 500,000 cases of Lassa fever a year
 

Interview with

Dr. Michel Chrétien, MD, O.C., O.Q. Chairman, Scientific Committee, FAV
 

The ICAV Solution

ICAV is an institutional innovation that bridges the anti-viral gap...
 
 
 
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