Archive for the 'Africa' tag

The need to discuss a rectal microbicide agenda for Nigeria

  Morenike Ukpong I am in Ethiopia and I sat down through a 2 days session listening to data presentation about the HIV context and situation in Africa. As usual, I was all out to hear and...
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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: The Great Confusion

  2011, the year of PrEP. In less than 18 months 6 clinical trials investigating the potential use of HIV antiretrovirals (ARV) for the prevention of HIV acquisition have rocked the HIV...
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Can crowd sourcing solve the challenges posed by the HIV epidemic?

“Put simply. Young people can solve today’s challenges in the AIDS response.” This is with this bold and affirmative statement that UNAIDS started a new collaborative project to develop a...
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Closure of oral Tenofovir arm in VOICE Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis trial: PrEP as a “niche intervention”?

The Microbicides Trial Network (MTN) announced yesterday that its VOICE (Vaginal and Oral Interventions to Control the Epidemic, MTN003) HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) prevention study will...
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FEM-PrEP Closure: Is PrEP ready for the world?

  (Updated April 19, 18:00) In July 2010 the world of HIV prevention felt the first tremor of hope that the fight against the virus that causes AIDS was at a turning point in its history after...
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